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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Embracing baldness isn’t all about inner beauty: Many men who have shared before-and-after shots on social media look outrageously good post-buzz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Embracing this and enjoying time down under lends perspective.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

This year's theme, "Super Connection: Overcoming Labels, Embracing Differences," aims to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Appeared in the October 4, 2025, print edition as 'Genesis Plays to the Masses by Embracing the Status Quo'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Embracing a continuity and interconnectedness that excluded no one seemed like another of Farmer’s peculiar liberties.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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