Find the word that fits

Weave: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Weave

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.

88 useful connections shown 50 reviewed relationships and 38 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Verb group 2

Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Manner of action 15

Braid 76% connected

To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Brocade 76% connected

Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and en…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Inweave 76% connected

To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Loom 76% connected

See Loon, the bird.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Net 76% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Plait 76% connected

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Pleach 76% connected

To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Raddle 76% connected

A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Ruddle 76% connected

To raddle or twist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Tinsel 76% connected

A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Twill 76% connected

To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Web 76% connected

A weaver.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Narrower term 2

Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Twill 76% connected

To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 11

Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sway 76% connected

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 8

Interweave 74% connected

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Interweave 74% connected

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Meander 74% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Meander 74% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Ramble 74% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Ramble 74% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Tissue 74% connected

A woven fabric.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Tissue 74% connected

A woven fabric.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Component part 5

Filling 70% connected

of Fill

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Pick 70% connected

To throw; to pitch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Warp 70% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Weft 70% connected

imp. & p. p. of Wave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Woof 70% connected

The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 7

Interweave 92% connected

To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Meander 92% connected

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thread 92% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tissue 92% connected

A woven fabric.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Waver 92% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.