embracing

The word “embracing” has 3 syllables: em-brac-ing

It's pronounced as /ɛmˈbreɪsɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for embracing?

In the thesaurus, “embracing” has 194 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for embracing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for embracing

absorbing
abutting
adjacent
adjoining
admitting
adopting
affecting
ambient
appropriating
approximate
arrogating
assimilating
assuming
attached
bear-hugging
besetting
besieging
blanketing
bordering
borrowing
bosoming
bounding
bowering
bracketing
bringing up
camouflaging
carrying
cherishing
cherry-picking
choosing
circling
circumfusing
circumjacent
circumscribing
clamping
clasping
clinging
cloaking
close
closest
closing in
cocooning
communicating
compassing
composing
comprehending
comprising
connected
connecting
constituting
containing
conterminous
contiguous
copying
cradling
crushing
cuddling
culling
cultivating
curtaining
disguising
domesticating
draping
electing
embedding
embodying
embosoming
embowering
encasing
encircling
enclasping
enclosing
encompassing
enfolding
enjoying
enlacing
enshrouding
enswathing
entailing
entrenching
entwining
enveloping
environing
enwinding
enwrapping
espousing
fencing
flanking
flush
folding
following
fondling
forming
fostering
fringing
girding
girdling
grabbing
grasping
greeting
gripping
hailing
handpicking
having
heeding
holding
honoring
hugging
imbedding
imitating
immediate
inclosing
including
incorporating
integrating
interconnecting
intrenching
investing
involving
joined
joining
juxtaposed
lapping
liking
linked
locking
making
mantling
marginal
masking
muffling
naming
naturalizing
near
nearby
nearest
neighboring
nestling
next-door
nigh
numbering
nurturing
nuzzling
overlaying
overspreading
owning
patting
peripheral
petting
picking
picking up on
possessing
preferring
pretending
prizing
putting on
quoting
raising
rearing
receiving
rimming
ringing
selecting
shrouding
simulating
skirting
snuggling
straining
stroking
subsuming
surrounding
swaddling
swarming
swathing
taking
taking in
taking on
taking over
taking up
tangent
tangential
touching
treasuring
twining
united
using
usurping
utilizing
veiling
verging
walling
welcoming
wrapping
wreathing

Antonyms for embracing

abandoning
abjuring
abnegating
apart
away
banning
baring
barring
broken up
debarring
declining
denuding
denying
detached
discarding
disconnected
discontinuous
discrete
disjoined
disowning
dissevered
dissociated
distant
disunited
divided
divorced
eliminating
excepting
excluding
exposing
far
far-off
faraway
farthest
forsaking
free-standing
giving up
isolate
isolated
jettisoning
junking
losing
mislaying
misplacing
missing out
nonadjacent
noncontiguous
noncontinuous
omitting
parted
passing up
precluding
preventing
prohibiting
ramified
refusing
rejecting
relinquishing
remote
removed
renouncing
repudiating
resolved
ruling out
separate
severed
single
split
spurning
stripping
sundered
surrendering
throwing away
throwing out
throwing over
turning down
unattached
unconnected
uncoupled
unlinked
unyoked

Meanings of embracing

verb
1. To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
2. To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
3. To submit to; to undergo.
4. To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
5. To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
6. To fasten on, as armour.
7. To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
8. To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.
noun
1. The act of embracing (in various senses).

Example Sentences

She is embracing the opportunity to learn new skills.
The town is embracing sustainable practices to protect the environment.
Embracing change can often lead to personal growth.
The artwork is embracing vibrant colors and bold patterns.
He stood there, embracing his dreams with hope and determination.

On this page you'll find 275 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to embracing, such as: abandoning, abjuring, abnegating, absorbing, abutting, adjacent, adjoining.

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