INTERWEAVES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interweaves

verb

present tense third-person singular of interweave

as in weaves

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 intersperses

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 intertwines

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 interweaves Cleeves interweaves ancient Orcadian history, myths and traditions into the story. —

The Know, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026 Terms & Conditions interweaves fictional and historical characters in an immersive story that spans 247 years across land and sea. —

Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026 Based on a New Yorker article by Jennifer Gonnerman, When a Witness Recants interweaves new interviews, deposition videos and TV news reports to examine an infamous case of wrongful conviction. —

Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026 Manuel interweaves other story strands with Isabel’s tale, including that of Clara (Carmen Castellanos), a young Filipina American from New York out for a round of golf with her uncle (Carlos Siguion-Reyna), the owner of a golfing company. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026 Reddy—who is, like Fennelly, a talented poet in addition to being a nonfiction writer—deftly interweaves research and memoir in sparkling, compelling, and often funny prose. —

Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026 Great Big Beautiful Life A rival to lovers tale, Great Big Beautiful Life interweaves humor and desire. —

Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 Directed by Alicia Núñez Puerto, the short interweaves migration, past history and menstruation, presenting lineage as something carried across oceans and generations. —

Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 The novel interweaves the stories of two women whose lives have been touched by a magical library known as the time space that houses people's memories. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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Meanwhile, her longtime producer, John Parrish, weaves a wicker basket of folk rock that, despite its apparent simplicity, feels—maybe for the first time—capacious enough to hold all of Harding’s contradictions.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
The filmmaker weaves together the current fights for not only the land, but also for the women who inhabit the land.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026