embracing

ADJECTIVE

reaching

Synonyms

STRONG

encompassing joining meeting spanning stretching touching

WEAK

ending at going up to spreading to

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

NOUN

adoption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance approval enactment endorsement maintenance ratification

STRONG

approbation appropriation assumption choice confirmation embracement espousal following selection support

WEAK

taking on taking over taking up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disapproval opposition refusal rejection

WEAK

pass repudiation

NOUN

assumption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance

STRONG

acquisition adoption appropriation arrogation grab seizure takeover taking undertaking usurpation

WEAK

accepting assuming shouldering taking on taking up

Antonyms

STRONG

rejection

WEAK

doubt genuineness naturalness reality realness unexpected

NOUN

kissing

Synonyms

STRONG

bussing caressing necking parking petting smooching spooning

WEAK

lovemaking making out sucking face

NOUN

necking

Synonyms

STRONG

canoodling caressing cuddling fondling lovemaking parking petting smooching

WEAK

making love making out sucking face

Example Sentences

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A new vanguard—led by the beer-swilling redneck Stone Cold Steve Austin—would bring the art form into the modern age by embracing bad taste.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

More employees are embracing “microshifting,” carving the workday into chunks, with intentional breaks for family time or personal replenishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The show notes pointed to “the dancer’s wardrobe” as inspiration, embracing how fabric can have a mind of its own — gathering, draping, cascading.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The first image was of the couple smiling and embracing while Prince Harry holds Lilibet, and the second is of the princess with her hand on a flower in a garden.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

After embracing her mother and shedding many tears, she put her arms around me.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

embracing

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