INTERWOVE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

interwove

verb

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

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Robed guests chill out in lounge chairs that look out onto an interior courtyard garden full of vegetation, including a pine tree twisted to resemble a giant bonsai.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Unlike streaming metrics, which can be twisted and touted in any which way, box office dollars are uniformly reported — meaning there’s no denying a hit (or a miss).

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of twisted

Verb

Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
The electric guitar and Alfaro’s punk beats are a cover for a lot of pain, interspersed with real hope, that Rose worked through.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of interspersed

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With the Cubs and New York Giants knotted in the standings, a Giants batter appeared to drive in the winning run from third.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
In knitting, loops from the middle of an entangled yarn are slipped through one another so the yarn holds its position but isn’t knotted together.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of knotted

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His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Many had long, black hair braided with beads and strung with bright parrot feathers.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of braided

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Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
According to López-Alt, Shimbo, and Sakai, the best substitute for mirin is sake mixed with a sweetener.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixed

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Though dreams are tangled up in our desires, Freud’s royal road to the unconscious is not unlike the road in Lost Highway, and other similar Möbius strip horrors, such as the purgatorial Dead End.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Micelles that form in the liquid dope prevent the messy, disordered proteins from clumping and getting tangled.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangled

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For decades, the United States and Canada worked to build one of the world’s closest economic partnerships, with supply chains, businesses and trade increasingly intertwined.

— Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
That local controversy is now intertwined with a broader legal battle.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of intertwined

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Killer identified The search for answers stretched across decades, combined with false confessions, arrests, convictions and appeals before DNA and ballistics evidence identified serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers in September 2025.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Atwell, Mumpfield and Whittington have combined for only 13 receptions this season.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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