Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brace

4 senses of brace

Sense 1
brace, poise -- (prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult)
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set -- (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill")

Sense 2
brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise -- (support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel")
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify -- (make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries")

Sense 3
brace -- (support by bracing)
       => hold, support, sustain, hold up -- (be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?")

Sense 4
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up -- (cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate")
       => affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate")

Antonyms of adj braced

2 senses of braced

Sense 1
braced -- (positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced")

INDIRECT (VIA prepared) -> unprepared -- (without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson)

Sense 2
braced, buttressed -- (held up by braces or buttresses)

INDIRECT (VIA supported) -> unsupported -- (not held up or borne; "removal of the central post left the roof unsupported")

Similarity of adj braced

2 senses of braced

Sense 1
braced -- (positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger; "he stood to attention with his shoulders braced")
       => prepared (vs. unprepared) -- (made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies")

Sense 2
braced, buttressed -- (held up by braces or buttresses)
       => supported (vs. unsupported) -- (held up or having the weight borne especially from below; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends")