1. brace
verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.
Synonyms
- ballast
- stabilize
- guy
- steady
- strengthen
- fortify
- stabilise
Antonyms
- action
- activeness
- change
- travel
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Neck Brace
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- left-brace
- jonbenet's
- }close-brace
- worst-case
- }right-brace
- right-brace
- misplace
- interlace
- displace
- disgrace
- retrace
- lambastes
- embrace
- degrace
- replace
- incase
- encase
- deface
- debase
- trace
- space
- place
- grace
- glace
- frace
- erase
- efface
- drace
Example sentences of the word neck-brace
1. Noun Phrase
A neck brace will support your head while you sleep.
2. Noun Phrase
A canine neck brace provides an alternative to the Elizabethan collar.
2. brace
verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult.
Synonyms
- fix
- ready
- prepare
- gear up
- set up
- poise
- steel
- nerve
Antonyms
- ordinal
- wife
- husband
- unyoke
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
3. brace
verb. ['ˈbreɪs'] support by bracing.
Synonyms
- support
- sustain
- hold
- hold up
Antonyms
- nonworker
- ride
- debilitating
- activity
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
4. brace
noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a support that steadies or strengthens something else.
Synonyms
- back brace
- reinforcement
- skeg
- support
- neck brace
- knee brace
- strengthener
Antonyms
- cause to sleep
- wake
- fall asleep
- stand still
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
5. brace
noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring.
Synonyms
- bitstock
- brace and bit
Antonyms
- relax
- tense
- stimulate
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
6. brace
noun. ['ˈbreɪs'] a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it.
Synonyms
- rope
Antonyms
- desensitize
- dissuade
Etymology
- brace (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- bracchia (Latin)
7. neck
noun. ['ˈnɛk'] the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body.
Synonyms
- throat
- areteria cervicalis
- sternocleidomastoid
- musculus sternocleidomastoideus
- bull neck
- physical structure
- trachea
- dewlap
- neck bone
- nucha
- thymus
- cervical vertebra
- cervix
- sternocleido mastoideus
- scruff
- carotid artery
- sternocleidomastoid muscle
- organic structure
- body
- cervical artery
- thymus gland
- pharynx
- nape
- arteria carotis
- jugular vein
- windpipe
- jugular
- vena jugularis
Antonyms
- thickness
- thin
- hardness
- good part
Etymology
- nekke (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. neck
noun. ['ˈnɛk'] a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form.
Synonyms
- portion
Antonyms
- softness
- thick
Etymology
- nekke (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. neck
noun. ['ˈnɛk'] a narrow elongated projecting strip of land.
Synonyms
- land
- solid ground
- earth
- ground
- dry land
Antonyms
- ignore
- forget
- reject
- natural elevation
Etymology
- nekke (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. neck
noun. ['ˈnɛk'] an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck.
Synonyms
- neckline
- V neck
- neckband
- neck opening
- garment
- opening
Antonyms
- front
- thinness
- breakableness
- solidity
Etymology
- nekke (Middle English (1100-1500))