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interweave

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of interweave

1 to cause to twine about one another

  • interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree
Synonyms of interweave

enlace, entwine, implicate [archaic], interlace, intertwine, intertwist, inweave, lace, ply, twist, weave, wreathe, writhe
Words Related to interweave

braid, plait, plat, pleach

blend, fuse, join, link, mix
Near Antonyms of interweave

disentangle, uncoil, untangle, untwine, unwind

2 to scatter or set here and there among other things

  • the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiersʼ letters into his history of the Vietnam War
Synonyms of interweave

interlace, intersperse, lace, salt, thread, weave, wreathe
Words Related to interweave

insert, intermingle, mingle, mix

alternate, juxtapose

amalgamate, assimilate, blend, combine, commingle, embody, fuse, incorporate, integrate, merge

3 to twist together into a usually confused mass

  • in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle
Synonyms of interweave

entangle, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, knot, snarl, tangle
Words Related to interweave

jumble, scrabble, scramble

braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writhe
Near Antonyms of interweave

unknot, unravel, unscramble

unweave
Antonyms of interweave

disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

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