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Synonyms of laced
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in embroidered, sequined
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for laced
- bejeweled
- (or bejewelled),
- bossed,
- chased,
- emblazoned,
- embossed,
- embroidered,
- flounced,
- fringed,
- garlanded,
- sequined
- (or sequinned),
- wreathed
- gilded
- (or gilt),
- gold-plated
laced
verbpast tense of lace
Synonyms & Antonyms of laced (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause to twine about one another
- the gardener laced the shoots of ivy around the trellis to direct their growth
Synonyms for laced
- enlaced,
- entwined,
- implicated
- [archaic],
- interlaced,
- intertwined,
- intertwisted,
- interwove
- (also interweaved),
- inwove
- (also inweaved),
- plied,
- twisted,
- wove
- (or weaved),
- wreathed,
- writhed
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Near Antonyms for laced
2
to scatter or set here and there among other things
- the decorator laced small mirrors among the knickknacks for added effect
Synonyms for laced
- interlaced,
- interspersed,
- interwove
- (also interweaved),
- salted,
- threaded,
- wove
- (or weaved),
- wreathed
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3
to strike repeatedly
- laced the seaman's back with the cat-o'-nine-tails
Synonyms for laced
- bashed,
- basted,
- batted,
- battered,
- beat,
- belabored,
- belted,
- birched,
- bludgeoned,
- buffeted,
- bunged up,
- clubbed,
- curried,
- did,
- drubbed,
- fibbed
- [British],
- flogged,
- hammered,
- hided,
- lambasted,
- lashed,
- lathered,
- licked,
- mauled,
- messed (up),
- paddled,
- pelted,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pounded,
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- punched out,
- roughed (up),
- slated,
- slogged,
- switched,
- tanned,
- thrashed,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- walloped,
- whaled,
- whipped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
Words Related to laced
- assailed,
- assaulted,
- attacked,
- beset,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- chopped,
- clobbered,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- cudgeled
- (or cudgelled),
- cuffed,
- descended (on or upon),
- hit,
- jumped (on),
- knocked,
- laid on,
- lammed,
- pasted,
- pounced (on or upon),
- punched,
- raided,
- rushed,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- smacked,
- smashed,
- socked,
- spanked,
- stormed,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- thwacked,
- whacked,
- whammed,
- whomped
Phrases Synonymous with laced
5
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
- animal control fed the bear food laced with a sedative
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