EMBOSSING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

embossing

verb

present participle of emboss

as in decorating

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of embossing Other paintings and drawings are reproduced through embroidery, embossing and enameled charms, which adorn decorative chains. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 Next, start embossing your design onto the can using an embossing tool or another object with a small, hard tip like a pencil, toothpick, or empty ballpoint pen. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026 Next door, various machines allow the team to assess how the materials respond to different finishing processes, from dyeing to embossing. — Emily Chan, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026 While the original design drawings were recovered, the technique for embossing the textile with flowers had been lost. — Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embossing

Verb

The person buried there is believed to have belonged to the Linear Pottery culture — named for the distinctive spiral and wavy patterns decorating its pottery.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The city is also bringing back its Halloween decorating contest to see which blocks can have the most Halloween spirit.

— Jack Springgate, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of decorating

Verb

Tourism picks up Whether arriving from within Chile or overseas, tourists are venturing into the remote, inhospitable areas of the Atacama to admire the millions of flowers adorning vast areas of the desert, stretching from the coast to the horizon.

— Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Growing up thousands of miles away from the Hollywood sign in Bratislava, Slovakia, ADÉLA spent her childhood studying American pop stars and had posters of Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears adorning her bedroom walls.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of adorning

Browse Nearby Words

embosses

embossing

embossment

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Embossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embossing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of embossing

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

compunction

Popular in Grammar & Usage

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Popular in Wordplay

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Popular

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

Games & Quizzes