Definition for Brace:

• br[= a]s, n. anything that draws together and holds tightly: a bandage: a pair or couple: an instrument of wood or iron used by carpenters and metal-workers for turning boring tools: in printing, a mark connecting two or more words or lines (}): ( pl.) straps for supporting the trousers: ropes for squaring or traversing horizontally the yards of a ship.-- v.t. to tighten or strengthen, to give firmness to.-- adj. BRAC'ING, giving strength or tone. [ O. Fr. brace ( Fr. bras), the arm, power-- L. brachium, Gr. brachi[= o]n, the arm, as holding together.]

Synonyms for Brace:

• n.

  •
  • bearing,
  • cotton,
  • collar,
  • peg,
  • cane,
  • staff,
  • round,
  • bandage,
  • rib,
  • block,
  • cast,
  • skid,
  • compress,
  • rafter,
  • strut,
  • arm,
  • boom,
  • girder,
  • bracer,
  • corset,
  • jack,
  • truss,
  • lever,
  • reinforcement,
  • stave,
  • band aid,
  • bar.
  •
  • frame,
  • framework,
  • foundation,
  • gantry,
  • scaffold,
  • joist.
  •
  • same,
  • group.
  •
  • cummerbund,
  • drawstring,
  • cufflink,
  • eye,
  • prepared,
  • eyelet.
  •
  • close,
  • spread,
  • extend,
  • bend,
  • kick,
  • stretch,
  • wave,
  • open.
  •beam (noun)
  • cantilever,
  • plank,
  • scantling.
  •brace (noun)
  • bitstock,
  • suspender,
  • steady,
  • doubleton,
  • twosome,
  • perk up,
  • yoke,
  • stimulate,
  • stabilise,
  • duad,
  • braces,
  • energize,
  • distich,
  • gallus,
  • bracing,
  • energise,
  • couplet,
  • arouse,
  • poise,
  • duet,
  • span.
  •cord (noun)
  • rope.
  •dentistry (noun)
  • cap,
  • caries,
  • amalgam,
  • cavity,
  • dentistry,
  • crown.
  •duality (noun)
  • team,
  • match.
  •fastener (noun)
  • brad,
  • clasp,
  • fuse,
  • catch,
  • zipper,
  • mucilage,
  • string,
  • bracket,
  • knot,
  • ligament,
  • binding,
  • coupling,
  • braid,
  • buckle,
  • cinch,
  • fastener,
  • Vinculum,
  • snap,
  • pin,
  • fastening,
  • seal,
  • lock,
  • guy,
  • stitch,
  • bonding,
  • knitting,
  • hawser,
  • skewer,
  • connector,
  • weld,
  • belt,
  • hook,
  • agent,
  • clinch,
  • cotter,
  • medium,
  • rabbet,
  • rivet,
  • twine,
  • band,
  • clip,
  • bond,
  • paste,
  • mediator,
  • glue,
  • splice,
  • grapnel,
  • nail,
  • cincture,
  • middleman,
  • spike,
  • staple,
  • closure,
  • latch,
  • hasp,
  • suture,
  • button,
  • strap,
  • link,
  • bolt,
  • cement,
  • chain,
  • binder,
  • lace,
  • tack,
  • go-between,
  • tie,
  • thread,
  • anchor,
  • vise,
  • hitch,
  • hinge,
  • cleat.
  •handle (noun)
  • doorknob,
  • knob,
  • crank,
  • pull,
  • handle,
  • lug,
  • brake,
  • stock,
  • spindle,
  • shank,
  • trigger,
  • knocker.
  •mainstay (noun)
  • maintainer,
  • sustainer,
  • upholder.

• v.

  •strengthen (verb)
  • enliven,
  • empower,
  • temper,
  • reinforce,
  • prop.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • forearm,
  • gaggle,
  • crutch,
  • pi,
  • triumvirate,
  • trifecta,
  • troika,
  • splint,
  • foursome,
  • plus sign.
  •
  • herd,
  • pairing,
  • minus,
  • hive,
  • prop up,
  • bevy,
  • Underpinning,
  • four,
  • X.
  •
  • colony,
  • mob,
  • pride,
  • drove,
  • quintet,
  • quartet,
  • sextet.
  •
  • flock,
  • plus,
  • troop.
  •
  • community,
  • litter,
  • pod,
  • plague.
  •
  • screw up,
  • flight.
  •
  • school.
  •
  • bear.
  •
  • score.
  •buttress
  • slat,
  • keystone.
  •fasten
  • clamp,
  • girth,
  • moor,
  • leash.
  •harden
  • indurate.
  •invigorate
  • vivify.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bullet,
  • bucks,
  • fresh up,
  • Cestus,
  • becalm,
  • confirm,
  • forward slash,
  • fan,
  • bolster up,
  • air,
  • quotation marks,
  • accelerate,
  • bundle,
  • rigging,
  • grit one's teeth,
  • pale,
  • gauze,
  • vitalize,
  • drink,
  • embolden,
  • percolate,
  • tackle,
  • ditto,
  • innervate,
  • lend support,
  • wrap up,
  • shoulder,
  • shroud,
  • wile,
  • buoy up,
  • newel,
  • swindle,
  • equals sign,
  • hoax,
  • tauten,
  • inkle,
  • orthodontic braces,
  • enkindle,
  • holder,
  • harness,
  • girdle,
  • bring up,
  • trick,
  • pillared,
  • shove,
  • dual,
  • lasso,
  • hyphen,
  • dash,
  • recline,
  • exhilarate,
  • parenthesis,
  • cart,
  • gain vigor,
  • swaddle,
  • see double,
  • four-tailed bandage,
  • cedilla,
  • spider crab,
  • reference,
  • entreat,
  • alive,
  • Sublineation,
  • post,
  • revitalize,
  • bore into,
  • booze,
  • favorable,
  • sprightly,
  • pole,
  • court plaster,
  • running rigging,
  • induce,
  • trice up,
  • consolidate,
  • repair,
  • pallet,
  • stick,
  • spank,
  • calm,
  • pound sign,
  • forward,
  • quicken,
  • cheeks,
  • insulate,
  • fire,
  • promote,
  • reenforce,
  • cheerful,
  • hang on,
  • maintain,
  • wrap,
  • quick,
  • wed,
  • soak,
  • loaded dice,
  • tape,
  • note,
  • nourish,
  • mast,
  • double quotes,
  • tether,
  • cord,
  • waken,
  • restrain,
  • brass,
  • stratagem,
  • thwart,
  • Parentheses,
  • comforting,
  • recruit,
  • tense,
  • holdfast,
  • vivacious,
  • standard,
  • semicolon,
  • inspirit,
  • alpenstock,
  • Importune,
  • resuscitate,
  • wrench,
  • brackets,
  • rattle,
  • Surcingle,
  • plaster cast,
  • Crutched,
  • artifice,
  • piling,
  • reinforcer,
  • jockstrap,
  • make,
  • bandaging,
  • cravat,
  • carat,
  • keep afloat,
  • elicit,
  • shelf,
  • slash,
  • besot,
  • call forth,
  • lush,
  • board,
  • Dolley,
  • picket,
  • freshen,
  • provoke,
  • intensify,
  • poultice,
  • brisk,
  • wire,
  • percent sign,
  • put forward,
  • With,
  • bridge over,
  • implore,
  • roller,
  • aid,
  • tandem,
  • triangular bandage,
  • columned,
  • backing,
  • sponge,
  • swill,
  • ducks,
  • revive,
  • spur,
  • both,
  • Biplicity,
  • restore,
  • rousing,
  • timber,
  • y,
  • duplicity,
  • have,
  • fillet,
  • evoke,
  • animated,
  • tourniquet,
  • inspiriting,
  • shell game,
  • lint,
  • ledger line,
  • substructure,
  • halter,
  • poor boy,
  • column,
  • bearer,
  • tope,
  • brassiere,
  • rouse,
  • bridge,
  • hachure,
  • gemini,
  • do up,
  • plant,
  • bunko game,
  • bra,
  • cable,
  • jump-start,
  • affix,
  • plead,
  • Pas De Deux,
  • tampon,
  • subvention,
  • blind,
  • further,
  • second,
  • lively,
  • shake,
  • sew,
  • duette,
  • bench,
  • vice,
  • underpin,
  • protect,
  • duplicate,
  • question mark,
  • elastic bandage,
  • boost,
  • swig,
  • pinion,
  • reanimate,
  • forestay,
  • grapple,
  • Underset,
  • pier,
  • knit,
  • regale,
  • curly brackets,
  • underlie,
  • standing rigging,
  • galluses,
  • wake,
  • underlining,
  • bite the bullet,
  • confidence trick,
  • chicane,
  • stake,
  • bandeau,
  • theft,
  • cradle,
  • gallows,
  • comma,
  • backstay,
  • collective noun,
  • active,
  • juggle,
  • champion,
  • tie up,
  • asterisk,
  • bind,
  • tipple,
  • crow foot,
  • ampersand,
  • swathe,
  • attach,
  • backbone,
  • annotation,
  • Refocillate,
  • spine,
  • wake up,
  • Biformity,
  • twins,
  • strength,
  • spirited,
  • reach,
  • drill,
  • coupler,
  • sex,
  • perky,
  • double,
  • animate,
  • cheat,
  • bouse,
  • scold,
  • straddle,
  • inure,
  • space,
  • drain the cup,
  • colon,
  • bubble,
  • cataplasm,
  • mount,
  • sling,
  • guy wire,
  • awake,
  • cause,
  • dental drill,
  • pillar,
  • restrengthen,
  • beseech,
  • Stupe,
  • dispermy,
  • conjure up,
  • exhilarating,
  • dressing,
  • uplift,
  • ligature,
  • rejuvenate,
  • traces,
  • buck up,
  • stir,
  • stirrup,
  • keep up,
  • Backboned,
  • undergird,
  • subsidize,
  • blaze,
  • raise,
  • back,
  • guzzle,
  • lash,
  • call down,
  • back up,
  • degree,
  • sprit,
  • athletic supporter,
  • supplicate,
  • dot,
  • Double dealing,
  • slashes,
  • noose,
  • balance,
  • thimblerig,
  • brace up,
  • bib,
  • withe,
  • application,
  • twist,
  • comfort,
  • carouse,
  • walking stick,
  • reinvigorate,
  • enhance,
  • PSYCH,
  • carry,
  • Hocus,
  • stacked deck,
  • Accouple,
  • crave,
  • bite,
  • carrier,
  • conjugation,
  • bum,
  • pile,
  • upright,
  • augment,
  • fake,
  • liven,
  • cushion,
  • advocate,
  • hold fast,
  • Pledget,
  • Epithem,
  • crook,
  • cervix,
  • feint,
  • thong,
  • encouraging,
  • bear up,
  • seat,
  • plaster,
  • Underbrace,
  • Italics,
  • panel game,
  • arrows,
  • assist,
  • fetch,
  • lariat,
  • awaken,
  • brace and bit,
  • kindle,
  • come alive,
  • revivify,
  • appeal,
  • invoke,
  • stud,
  • jotting,
  • exclamation point,
  • roller bandage,
  • fellows,
  • fetter,
  • cheer,
  • fulcrum,
  • shake up,
  • hold on,
  • pillow,
  • stiffener,
  • tilde,
  • excite,
  • brisken,
  • upkeep,
  • hearten,
  • skin game,
  • rigidify,
  • vertical,
  • recreate,
  • secure,
  • dualism,
  • hasten,
  • tat,
  • jock,
  • buoy,
  • marry,
  • tent,
  • mates,
  • curly bracket,
  • rest,
  • Refect,
  • stand-by,
  • line,
  • Tiebeam,
  • get,
  • rush,
  • wind-up,
  • advance,
  • refreshen,
  • prepare oneself,
  • single quote,
  • freshen up,
  • garter,
  • bar line,
  • period,
  • neck,
  • hopeful,
  • adhesive tape,
  • shaft,
  • sot,
  • invigorating,
  • foundation garment,
  • Chirk Up,
  • perk,
  • belay,
  • stand up for,
  • mounting,
  • lacing,
  • withy,
  • apostrophe,
  • polarity.

Paraphrases for Brace:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    mulls, stiffener, reinforcement.
  • Noun, plural
    Reinforcements, stiffeners, Keys.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stiffener, reinforcement.
  • Interjection
    careful, caution.
  • Verb, base form
    stiffener, secure.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    splint, coupling.
  • Verb, base form
    barricade, reinforcement.

Antonyms for Brace:

• n.

  • support
    help.

• v.

  • support
    detach, weaken, fail, release, loosen, let go, unfasten, disconnect, loose, untie, free, let down, undermine.

Hypernym for Brace:

• n.

  • artifact
    back brace, knee brace, ankle brace, neck brace, skeg, royal brace.

• v.

  • contact
    tread.
  • emotion
    steel, nerve.

Hyponym for Brace:

• n.

  • artifact
    reinforcement, rope, support, strengthener.
  • communication
    punctuation mark, punctuation.

• v.

  • contact
    hold, hold up, sustain, support.
  • emotion
    gear up, prepare, fix, ready, set up, set.