Thesaurus:embrace
English
Verb
Sense: to clasp in the arms with affection
Synonyms
- accoll (obsolete)
- amplect (formal)
- beclip (obsolete)
- clip (archaic)
- coll
- hold
- complect (archaic)
- comply (archaic)
- cwtch (British dialect)
- embrace
- enfold
- fall on someone's neck (dated, idiomatic)
- glomp (slang)
- halse (dialectal)
- hug
- infold
- oxter (British dialect)
- press
- squeeze
- umbeclap (British dialect)
Hyponyms
- canoodle
- clinch
- cuddle
- snuggle
- —
- bearhug
- half-embrace
- overembrace
- —
- make out (chiefly US, slang)
Hypernyms
Holonyms
- greeting [⇒ thesaurus]
- sexual activity [⇒ thesaurus]
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- “894. courtesy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “902. endearment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “embrace” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.