INTERWEAVED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

interwove 1 of 3

verb (1)

variants also interweaved

past tense of interweave

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree

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as in interspersed

to scatter or set here and there among other things the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War

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as in knotted

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

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interwoven

2 of 3

adjective

as in interlaced

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interwoven

3 of 3

verb (2)

variants also interweaved

past participle of interweave

as in woven

to cause to twine about one another interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree

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as in inserted

to scatter or set here and there among other things the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War

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as in intertwined

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

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Recent Examples of interwove

Verb

That project, which interweaved Elizabethan dialogue with a contemporary setting, signaled another artistic pivot. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026

Adjective

The story is told in two interwoven timelines, with Cecilia narrating her current reality in the first-person point of view, and the past intrigue of what occurred between the women in Mexico told in the third person. — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 20 July 2026 Henry used artificial intelligence to create interwoven stripes, further representing the unity of the country. — Krista Johnson, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The film, scripted by Hu Xiaoxi and Zhang Disha, unfolds across two interwoven timelines. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 June 2026 As chief marketing and social impact officer at Kenneth Cole Productions, Samantha Cohen is happy that her passion for advocacy is so deeply interwoven with her career. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 Their work was so interwoven into the fabric of what the press was producing, what other men went on to make, how sourcing was considered, etc. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 The deal raised questions over governance, valuation, and conflicts of interest, given the interwoven leadership, namely Elon Musk, between the two companies. — David Trainer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026 The sisters’ interwoven family history dates back to childhood. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 The war exposed significant structural flaws in the global energy supply chain – a complex, interwoven system that balances redundancy and efficiency. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 May 2026

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Listening to Kelly and Giffords, I was periodically struck by how their endeavors have been interwoven. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 The water system alone, which cost more than $7 million, features five lakes interwoven throughout the course that are connected by a network of flowing streams and punctuated by multiple cascades and waterfalls. — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 With 24 main characters interwoven around the town of Nashville, home of country music and intersecting political undercurrents, the film tries to make sense of the chaos. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 The activism and politics of the leftist Providence five-piece have been interwoven with their lives and music since the group’s formation. — Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 Museum Rietberg’s own collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs taken in Asia and Africa are also interwoven throughout the exhibition — unadorned reference points that serve as nodes between which the artists’ refractory works resonate. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026 To read an explanation of how plants smell or hear is to consider a world interwoven by language and perception outside our very narrow human range. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026 Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation. — Ricci Shryock, NPR, 27 May 2026 His transformative relationship with the strong women around him is interwoven with his journey as a Muay Thai fighter grappling with his craft’s meaning and his own moral compass after a devastating breakdown. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 May 2026

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Verb

But when people react negatively, someone must have twisted her words.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
The wife of friend Isaac Leonard Ellwood suggested that two wires twisted together would hold the nail in place better — and the inexpensive yet effective design stuck.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Definition of twisted

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Since 2017, Miller’s posts about players and prospects, primarily on X, have been increasingly interspersed with calls for followers to donate to charitable campaigns.

— Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Moments of great power are interspersed with long expository stretches of clangor and connivance.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Definition of interspersed

Verb

This dress — also in the vibrant red associated with the World Cup champions’ jerseys — had a V-neck, short sleeves and a self-tie belt knotted at the hip, with a fuller skirt that opened at the front.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
That match was knotted 2-2 when Beckham drew a red card for kicking Diego Simeone and brought his side down to 10 men.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.

— Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 24 June 2026

Definition of braided

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But soaking produce in water with a few teaspoons of baking soda mixed in can get fruit and veggies even cleaner and potentially remove leftover pesticide residue too.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
In Greater China, which includes the Hong Kong and Macao markets, the picture was mixed, with retail sales rising 9 percent on a stable store base, but wholesale replenishment orders described as modest.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of mixed

Verb

The man in the water Tanner Mansell is, in many ways, the bill’s perfect antagonist — and the clearest illustration of how tangled this fight has become.

— Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Each strand is like a beautiful clump of calligraphy all tangled up in itself, as captivating and lonely as any earthwork.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of tangled

Verb

But the average couple have arguably become more intertwined.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
These intertwined thematic threads—language and the body, social and political repression, and lines of flight towards liberation—coalesce in Cris Judar’s fiction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of intertwined

Verb

It was ruled as a spontaneous combustion, apparently because of the summer heat combined with gases escaping from decomposing film, sending flames some 100 feet into the air and killing a 13-year-old boy.

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
To understand exactly why the separation worked, the researchers combined experiments with advanced computer modeling.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

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