Hypernyms for "brace"
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animate
ankle brace
back brace
ballast
cathect
crosspiece
crosstie
doubleton
enliven
gusset
gusset plate
guy
guy cable
guy rope
guy wire
invigorate
knee brace
liven
liven up
neck brace
nerve
quicken
railroad tie
reanimate
recreate
reinvigorate
renovate
repair
revive
revivify
royal brace
skeg
sleeper
stay
steel
stringer
strut
tie
tread
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
vivify
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.