INTERWEAVING Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interweaving

verb

present participle of interweave

as in weaving

to cause to twine about one another interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree

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as in interspersing

to scatter or set here and there among other things the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War

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as in knotting

to twist together into a usually confused mass in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle

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Recent Examples of interweaving The next year, Women Without Men was released, interweaving the stories of five women attempting to free themselves from the patriarchal oppression of 1953 Tehran. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026 Platinum is notoriously difficult to work with, making the necklace’s fluid movement across interweaving links particularly challenging; each element must be set before final assembly. — Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026 The book is Corey’s attempt to do that, interweaving memes and lore with the philosophies of theorists like Walter Benjamin, Marshall McLuhan and Thorstein Veblen. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026 Despite interweaving layers of nonsense with further layers of nonsense, the developers at least wanted to keep the hallucinations lore-consistent, not unlike how media fandoms are obsessed with canon. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026 The challenge on ‘Full Circle’ was to find the small and the personal in this big, interweaving world. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026 His goal is to create a bridge that connects know-how and tradition, interweaving passion and identity. — Nicola Bambini, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026 But the other bills under consideration already reflect one of its core ideas — that because elder care has multiple interweaving facets, addressing the state’s needs will require input from multiple directions, not just the Department of Aging. — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026 An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026

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Verb

The tech leaders were the tailors, weaving something elaborate out of nothing.

— Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The carry-on, medium, and large suitcase all feature durable hardshell exteriors, TSA locks, and spinner wheels that make weaving through crowded terminals much easier.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of weaving

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Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Parts of it are remarkably green, with patchwork fields interspersing the red-brick terraces, and the old industrial landscape reclaimed by nature reserves and parks.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026

Definition of interspersing

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The designs were inspired by Lynda Benglis, an American known for transforming two-dimensional materials through knotting, pleating or molding, into three.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
His shot was saved by a diving Neuer, knotting the PKs at three apiece, giving Germany extra life and dragging the shootout on into sudden death.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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On bars – her weakest event – Jade Carey fought through a late pirouette to nearly nail her full-twisting double layout dismount.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism.

— A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of twisting

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Filtering transfer fees by age or position is not uncommon, but combining the two and then presenting it as a record feels a bit of a stretch.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Urbanski says in order to keep the character and story momentum of previous seasons going, combining the sixth and seventh books in Herron’s series made the most sense.

— Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of combining

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Specialized compartments for rings, statement necklaces, and dainty earrings keep each piece accessible, plus the soft material prevents tangling and damage.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
If your duvet cover has buttons or zippers, Ceconi recommends fastening the closures before laundering to prevent tangling.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026

Definition of tangling

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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Adding to the mix is the subtext of an Administration that revels in inserting itself into any business deal and the ongoing story of the efforts of a politically friendly billionaire trying to close the deal.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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When the work environment shifts in ways that make objective judgment harder to offer, that intertwining starts to come apart.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
The Canadian producer/musician creates songs that feel like they’re haunted by their own ghosts, laced with intertwining echoes, tiny sonic fractures, and a palpable sense of place.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of intertwining

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