lace

The word “lace” has 1 syllable: lace

It's pronounced as /leɪs/


What is synonym and antonym for lace?

In the thesaurus, “lace” has 231 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for lace

  • add
  • adulterate
  • alternate
  • amalgamate
  • aromatize
  • assail
  • assault
  • assimilate
  • attach
  • attack
  • attenuate
  • band
  • banding
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • befoul
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • bind
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • blend
  • bludgeon
  • border
  • box
  • braid
  • braiding
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bungee cord
  • bust
  • cable
  • cane
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clobber
  • close
  • clout
  • club
  • combine
  • commingle
  • contaminate
  • cord
  • cornrow
  • corrupt
  • counterfeit
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • crochet
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut
  • debase
  • defile
  • degrade
  • dilute
  • dirty
  • do
  • do up
  • doctor
  • dreadlock
  • drub
  • edging
  • embody
  • enhance
  • enlace
  • enrich
  • entwine
  • envenom
  • extend
  • fake
  • falsify
  • fib
  • filigree
  • flagellate
  • flavor
  • flog
  • fortify
  • foul
  • fudge
  • fuse
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • guy
  • halyard
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • implicate
  • incorporate
  • infect
  • insert
  • integrate
  • interlace
  • intermingle
  • intersperse
  • intertwine
  • intertwist
  • interweave
  • inweave
  • join
  • juxtapose
  • knock
  • lacerate
  • lacing
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lanyard
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • line
  • link
  • load
  • maim
  • mangle
  • manipulate
  • maul
  • merge
  • mesh
  • mingle
  • misrepresent
  • mix
  • moderate
  • mutilate
  • net
  • netting
  • openwork
  • ornament
  • paddle
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • perfume
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whip
  • plait
  • plat
  • pleach
  • ply
  • poison
  • pollute
  • pommel
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • qualify
  • queue
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • rope
  • rush
  • salt
  • sauce
  • savor
  • savour
  • scourge
  • season
  • shoelace
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • soil
  • sophisticate
  • spank
  • spice
  • spike
  • spoil
  • stay
  • storm
  • strap
  • string
  • stripe
  • sully
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • taint
  • tan
  • tatting
  • temper
  • thin
  • thong
  • thrash
  • thread
  • threadwork
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tie
  • tissue
  • trim
  • trimming
  • tromp
  • twine
  • twist
  • wallop
  • water down
  • weaken
  • weave
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipcord
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • wire
  • work over
  • wound
  • wreathe
  • writhe

Antonyms for lace

  • augment
  • better
  • clarify
  • clean
  • cleanse
  • compact
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • decontaminate
  • detach
  • disconnect
  • disentangle
  • disjoin
  • distil
  • distill
  • disunite
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • fertilize
  • filter
  • flush
  • fortify
  • improve
  • lard
  • leach
  • loose
  • loosen
  • pasteurize
  • purge
  • purify
  • reenforce
  • refine
  • reinforce
  • release
  • remove
  • richen
  • strengthen
  • supplement
  • uncoil
  • unfasten
  • unlace
  • untangle
  • untie
  • untwine
  • unwind

Meanings of lace

  • noun
    1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp.
    2. A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp.
    3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
    4. Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
  • verb
    1. To fasten (something) with laces.
    2. To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
    3. To interweave items.
    4. To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
    5. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
    6. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

Example Sentences

  • The delicate fabric of her dress was adorned with intricate lace patterns.
  • He decided to lace up his shoes tightly before the long run.
  • The pastry chef skillfully used edible lace to decorate the wedding cake.
  • She wore a vintage veil with elegant lace on her wedding day.
  • The fragrance of the flowers seemed to lace the air with a sweet and pleasant aroma.

On this page you'll find 276 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lace, such as: add, adulterate, alternate, amalgamate, aromatize, assail, assault.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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lacing

  • KO
  • adulterating
  • alternating
  • amalgamating
  • ambush
  • annihilation
  • aromatizing
  • assailing
  • assaulting
  • assimilating
  • attacking
  • attenuating
  • bashing
  • basting
  • battering
  • batting
  • beating
  • beating up on
  • befouling
  • belaboring
  • belting
  • besetting
  • birching
  • blackjacking
  • blending
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • boxing
  • braid
  • braiding
  • break
  • breakdown
  • buffeting
  • bungee cord
  • bunging up
  • busting
  • cable
  • caning
  • cheapening
  • check
  • chopping
  • clobbering
  • clouting
  • clubbing
  • collapse
  • combining
  • commingling
  • conquest
  • contaminating
  • cord
  • cornrow
  • corrupting
  • count
  • counterfeiting
  • cowhiding
  • cracking
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuffing
  • currying
  • cutting
  • debacle
  • debasing
  • defeasance
  • defiling
  • degrading
  • destruction
  • diluting
  • dirtying
  • discomfiture
  • doctoring
  • doing
  • downthrow
  • dreadlock
  • drubbing
  • embarrassment
  • embodying
  • enhancing
  • enlacing
  • enriching
  • entwining
  • envenoming
  • extending
  • extermination
  • failure
  • faking
  • fall
  • falsifying
  • fibbing
  • flagellating
  • flavoring
  • flogging
  • fouling
  • fudging
  • fusing
  • fustigating
  • goring
  • guy
  • halyard
  • hammering
  • hiding
  • hitting
  • horsewhipping
  • implicating
  • incorporating
  • infecting
  • inserting
  • insuccess
  • integrating
  • interlacing
  • intermingling
  • interspersing
  • intertwining
  • intertwisting
  • interweaving
  • inweaving
  • joining
  • juxtaposing
  • killing
  • knocking
  • lace
  • lacerating
  • lambasting
  • lamming
  • lanyard
  • lashing
  • lathering
  • laying on
  • leathering
  • licking
  • line
  • linking
  • loading
  • loss
  • maiming
  • mangling
  • manipulating
  • massacre
  • mastery
  • mauling
  • merging
  • mingling
  • misrepresenting
  • mixing
  • moderating
  • mutilating
  • nonsuccess
  • overthrow
  • paddling
  • pasting
  • pelting
  • peppering
  • perfuming
  • pigtail
  • pistol-whipping
  • plait
  • plaiting
  • plat
  • platting
  • pleaching
  • plying
  • poisoning
  • polluting
  • pommeling
  • pommelling
  • pounding
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punching
  • punching out
  • qualifying
  • queue
  • raiding
  • rawhiding
  • rebuff
  • repulse
  • reverse
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • rope
  • rout
  • ruin
  • rushing
  • salting
  • saucing
  • savoring
  • savouring
  • scalping
  • scourging
  • seasoning
  • setback
  • shellacking
  • slamming
  • slapping
  • slating
  • slaughter
  • slogging
  • smacking
  • smashing
  • socking
  • soiling
  • sophisticating
  • spanking
  • spicing
  • spiking
  • spoiling
  • stay
  • storming
  • strapping
  • string
  • stripe
  • subjugation
  • sullying
  • swatting
  • swiping
  • switching
  • tainting
  • tanning
  • tempering
  • thinning
  • thrashing
  • threading
  • threshing
  • thumping
  • thwacking
  • trap
  • trashing
  • trimming
  • triumph
  • tromping
  • trouncing
  • twisting
  • vanquishment
  • walloping
  • watering down
  • waxing
  • weakening
  • weaving
  • whacking
  • whaling
  • whamming
  • whapping
  • whipcord
  • whipping
  • whitewashing
  • whomping
  • whopping
  • whupping
  • wire
  • working over
  • wounding
  • wreathing
  • writhing

nail

  • abduct
  • affirm
  • apprehend
  • arrest
  • assure
  • attach
  • bag
  • bang
  • bash
  • bat
  • batter
  • bay
  • bean
  • beat
  • belt
  • biff
  • bind
  • blow the whistle on
  • bludgeon
  • bob
  • bonk
  • bop
  • box
  • brain
  • buffet
  • bump
  • bung
  • bunt
  • bust
  • butt
  • cane
  • capture
  • catch
  • chop
  • clap
  • clarify
  • clasp
  • clinch
  • clip
  • clobber
  • clock
  • clout
  • club
  • clutch
  • collar
  • commit
  • conclude
  • confine
  • conk
  • cop
  • corner
  • corral
  • crack
  • cream
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • debunk
  • decide
  • deck
  • define
  • demolish
  • demonstrate
  • detain
  • determine
  • disclose
  • discredit
  • disprove
  • divulge
  • drive
  • drub
  • dump
  • enchain
  • end
  • enmesh
  • ensnare
  • ensure
  • entangle
  • entrap
  • establish
  • expose
  • fell
  • fetter
  • finish
  • fist
  • flail
  • flick
  • flog
  • floor
  • get
  • glom
  • glove
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • grip
  • halter
  • hammer
  • handcuff
  • hang one on
  • hit
  • hold
  • hook
  • illuminate
  • immesh
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • insure
  • intern
  • jab
  • jail
  • join
  • jostle
  • jug
  • kick
  • kidnap
  • knee
  • knock
  • knock down
  • lace
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • land
  • lash
  • lasso
  • level
  • lick
  • manacle
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mesh
  • nab
  • net
  • nick
  • nobble
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • pick up
  • pin
  • pinch
  • poke
  • pommel
  • pound
  • prehend
  • prod
  • prove
  • pull in
  • pummel
  • punch
  • push
  • rabbit-punch
  • rap
  • rearrest
  • remand
  • rend
  • restrain
  • rope
  • rough
  • run in
  • sap
  • scuff
  • secure
  • seize
  • settle
  • shackle
  • shove
  • show
  • show up
  • skull
  • slam
  • slap
  • slash
  • sledge
  • sledgehammer
  • slog
  • slug
  • smack
  • smite
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • sock
  • spear
  • specify
  • spike
  • stab
  • stamp
  • state
  • stipulate
  • strike
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tack
  • tag
  • take
  • tap
  • tell
  • thrash
  • thump
  • thwack
  • trammel
  • trap
  • uncloak
  • uncover
  • undress
  • unmask
  • unveil
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • whip
  • wrest
  • zap

paddle

  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bash
  • baste
  • bat
  • batter
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • belabor
  • belt
  • beset
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • bludgeon
  • boat
  • box
  • buffet
  • bung up
  • bust
  • cane
  • canoe
  • chop
  • clobber
  • clout
  • club
  • cowhide
  • crack
  • cruise
  • cudgel
  • cuff
  • curry
  • cut water
  • do
  • drift
  • drive
  • drub
  • feather
  • fib
  • flagellate
  • flog
  • fustigate
  • gore
  • hammer
  • hide
  • hit
  • horsewhip
  • kayak
  • knock
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lam
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lather
  • lay on
  • leather
  • lick
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • mutilate
  • navigate
  • oar
  • paddlewheel
  • paste
  • pelt
  • pistol-whip
  • pole
  • pommel
  • pound
  • propeller
  • pull
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • punt
  • raid
  • rawhide
  • row
  • run rapids
  • rush
  • scourge
  • scull
  • sky an oar
  • slam
  • slap
  • slate
  • slog
  • slop
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • splash
  • stir
  • storm
  • strap
  • swat
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tan
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tromp
  • wade
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work over
  • wound

rabbit punch

  • KO
  • bang
  • bash
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
  • batter
  • battering
  • bean
  • beat
  • beating
  • belt
  • biff
  • blow
  • bludgeon
  • bludgeoning
  • bob
  • body blow
  • bonk
  • bop
  • box
  • brain
  • buffet
  • bump
  • bung
  • bunt
  • bust
  • butt
  • cane
  • chop
  • clap
  • clip
  • clobber
  • clobbering
  • clock
  • clout
  • club
  • conk
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • crack
  • cream
  • cruncher
  • cudgel
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuff
  • dab
  • deck
  • douse
  • drub
  • drubbing
  • dump
  • fell
  • fillip
  • flail
  • flick
  • flog
  • flogging
  • floor
  • hack
  • hammer
  • hammering
  • hand
  • haymaker
  • hit
  • hook
  • jab
  • jostle
  • kayo
  • kick
  • knee
  • knock
  • knock down
  • knockdown
  • knockout
  • lace
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lambasting
  • larrup
  • lash
  • left
  • level
  • lick
  • licking
  • mangle
  • maul
  • nail
  • one-two
  • paste
  • pasting
  • pelt
  • pepper
  • pick
  • plump
  • poke
  • pommel
  • pound
  • pounding
  • prod
  • pummel
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • push
  • rap
  • right
  • right-hander
  • rough
  • roundhouse
  • sap
  • scuff
  • shiver
  • shove
  • sidewinder
  • skull
  • slam
  • slap
  • slash
  • sledge
  • sledgehammer
  • slog
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smite
  • sock
  • spank
  • spear
  • stab
  • stamp
  • stinger
  • strike
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tag
  • tap
  • thrash
  • thrashing
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • uppercut
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • welt
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whop
  • zap

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