GRACES

"GRACES" is a plural of: grace.

Date "GRACES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	GRACES, n. Three beautiful goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia and Euphrosyne, who attended upon Venus, serving without salary. They were at no expense for board and clothing, for they ate nothing to speak of and dressed according to the weather, wearing whatever breeze happened to be blowing. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beauty	Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus.
Flattery	Verb: flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one;s bent; lick the dust.
Friendship	Friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books.
Love	In one's good graces; (friendly); dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: GRACES

English words defined with "GRACES": Aglaia ♦ Dataria, Discommend, discourteous ♦ Euphrosyne ♦ Grace hoop, Graced ♦ Thalia ♦ ungracious. (references)

Specialty definitions using "GRACES": Basin ♦ Choice of Words, Crowns ♦ Goose at Michaelmas ♦ Husband ♦ Lark ♦ Michal ♦ Nose Out of Joint ♦ Ogleby ♦ Painter of the Graces ♦ Sacrifice to the Graces, Silver Fork School, Stable Keys. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I thought if I got in your good graces you might let me keep my car. (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson) You are in my good graces, but ain't keepin' your car. (The Fast and the Furious; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson)
Lyrics	I'm not big on social graces ("Friends in Low Places"; performing artist: Garth Brooks) Havin fallen from a few good graces (East Of Anywhere; performing artist: Mya)
Movie/TV Titles	Three Graces (1933) Saving Graces (1999) Amazing Graces (1981)
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Domain	Title
Books	Bless This Food: Amazing Graces in Thanks for Food (reference) Toasts: Over 1500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Invocation of the Graces (reference) Small Graces (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A decorative lighthouse graces the entrance to the United States Coast Guard Base at Charleston. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Miscellaneous interiors. Fireplace with large carved mantel, including relief of the Three Graces. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Gaius Valerius Catullus	Mourn, ye Graces and Loves, and all you whom the Graces love. My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow, my lady's pet.
Henry Ward Beecher	God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.
M. Henry	Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary graces. Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
Robert Burns	Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Those soft blue eyes, and all those natural graces, should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connexions.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	People would drive away the Graces for wearing such low necks.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	You had the sacraments and graces and indulgences of the church to aid you.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	God give your Graces both A happy and a joyful time of day!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"GRACES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 87.63% of the time. "GRACES" is used about 97 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	87.63%	85	35,870
Lexical Verb (-s form)	6.19%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	6.19%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	97	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "GRACES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Graces	Last name	200	40,608
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "GRACES": airs and graces ♦ Good graces ♦ in one's good graces ♦ the Graces. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "GRACES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zemërgjerësi (bountifulness, generosity, magnanimity, tolerance), mirësi (benefaction, boon, gentleness, goodness, grace, kindness, virtue, warmth, well doing). (various references)

Bulgarian		елегантност (cachet, dash, distinction, elegance, elegancy, fineness, grace, gracefulness, neatness, polish, style, stylishness), привлекателни качества. (various references)

Finnish		sulottaret (the Graces), olla jonkun suosiossa (be in a person's good graces, be popular with), liehakoida jonkun suosioon (curry favour with, insinuate oneself into a person's good graces), diivamaiset eleet (airs and graces). (various references)

German		Tischgebete, Anmut (amenity, beauty, charm, comeliness, grace, gracefulness, loveliness). (various references)

Greek		καμώματα (airs and graces, antics, carryings on, histrionics, sham), όλο ύφος και καμώματα (all airs and graces), απολαμβάνω την εύνοια (be in someone΄s good graces). (various references)

Hungarian		kegyeibe jut vkinek (to gain the good graces of sy, to get into sy's good books). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		愛想 (civility, compliments, courtesy, sociability). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		あいそう (civility, compliments, courtesy, sociability), あいそ (appeal, civility, complaint, compliments, courtesy, sociability). (various references)

Manx		Ny Grayseyn (The Graces). (various references)

Pig Latin		acesgray

Portuguese		boas graças (good graces). (various references)

Romanian		sclifoseli (airs and graces), mofturi (airs and graces, fiddlesticks, flim-flam, to-do, trifles, whim, whims). (various references)

Russian		привлекательные свойства, игра в серсо. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zahvaljivanje (thanks, thanksgiving), hvala (gratitude, laudation, thank you, thanks). (various references)

Spanish		favor (a favor, accommodation, behalf, boon, do the favor, favor, favour, good graces, good turn, help, kindness, service). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	DiaireseiV de carismatwn eisin to de auto pneuma
Latin	405	Vulgate	Divisiones vero gratiarum sunt idem autem Spiritus
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And dyuerse graces ther ben, but it is al oon Spirit;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Ther are diversities of gyftes verely yet but one sprete.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 4
Cebuano	Adunay nagakalainlaing mga hiyas, apan adunay mao rang usa ka Espiritu;
Croatian	Razlièiti su dari, a isti Duh;
Danish	Der er Forskel på Nådegaver, men det er den samme Ånd;
Dutch	En er is verscheidenheid der gaven, doch het is dezelfde Geest;
Finnish	Armolahjat ovat moninaiset, mutta Henki on sama;
French	Il y a diversité de dons, mais le même Esprit;
German	Es sind mancherlei Gaben; aber es ist ein Geist.
Haitian Creole	Gen divès kalite don Sentespri a bay. Men, se menm Lespri Bondye a ki bay tout.
Hungarian	A kegyelmi ajándékokban pedig különbség van, de ugyanaz a Lélek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ada bermacam-macam karunia dari Roh Allah, tetapi semuanya diberi oleh Roh yang satu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Adalah berbagai-bagai karunia, tetapi roh-Nya itu Satu.
Italian	Vi sono poi diversit� di carismi, ma uno solo è lo Spirito;
Latvian	Jo þçlastîbas ir daþâdas, bet tas pats Gars.
Maori	Na, he maha nga wehewehenga o nga mea e homai ana, kotahi ano ia Wairua.
Norwegian	Det er forskjell på nådegaver, men Ånden er den samme;
Portuguese	Ora, há diversidade de dons, mas o Espírito é o mesmo.
Rumanian	Sknt felurite daruri, dar este acelaw Duh;
Russian	дБТЩ ТБЪМЙЮОЩ, ОП дХИ П�"ЙО Й ФПФ ЦЕ;
Shuar
Spanish	Ahora bien, hay diversidad de dones; pero el Espíritu es el mismo.
Swahili	Vipaji vya kiroho ni vya namna nyingi, lakini Roho avitoaye ni mmoja.
Swedish	Nådegåvorna äro mångahanda, men Anden är en och densamme.
Uma	Alata'ala mpowai' -ta wori' nyala pakulea' mpobago bago-na, hore mporata-ta pakulea' to mosisala. Aga hawe'ea pakulea' toe, pewai' ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli' to hadua lau-wadi.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "GRACES": disgraces, scapegraces. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"GRACES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaces, garace, garce, garcet, garech, geace, Gerace, Glaces, goace, graace, grabens, Graca, Gracac, Gracas, Gracay, gracer, gracers, graceys, gracie, Graciosa, Graco, graeci, grake, grakes, grance, Grancey, grece, grikes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GRACES" (pronounced grā"suz)
5	-r ā" s u z	braces, embraces, erases, races, traces.
4	-ā" s u z	aces, atlases, bases, cases, chases, displaces, faces, laces, paces, places, replaces, spaces, vases.
3	-s u z	absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: cagers.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-r-s"
	-1 letter: acres, agers, cager, cages, cares, carse, crags, escar, gears, grace, races, rages, sager, sarge, scare, scrag, serac.
	-2 letters: aces, acre, ager, ages, arcs, ares, arse, cage, care, cars, case, crag, ears, eras, ergs, gaes, gars, gear, race, rage, rags, rase, recs, regs, sage, scag, scar, sear, sera.
	-3 letters: ace, age, arc, are, ars.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-r-s"
	+1 letter: cadgers, cargoes, charges, corsage, socager.
	+2 letters: acreages, acrogens, agrestic, carnages, cartages, changers, chargers, cigarets, clangers, cordages, corkages, corsages, courages, cragsmen, creasing, disgrace, ergastic, escargot, gearcase, glaciers, glancers, graciles, grackles, grimaces, scragged, socagers.
	+3 letters: birdcages, brockages, carageens, caressing, carriages, clearings, cottagers, coverages, craggiest, crannoges, creepages, cribbages, decagrams, decigrams, discharge, disgraced, disgracer, disgraces, echograms, escargots, escarping, gearcases, graceless, graecizes, grimacers, mischarge, packagers, recasting, rechanges, recharges, rescaling, respacing, sacrilege, scavenger, scraggier, scraighed, scrappage, screaking, screaming, scrimmage, scrummage, searching, sergeancy, strategic, sugarcane, surcharge, trackages, truckages, uncharges, vicarages, wreckages.
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GRACES

Specialty Definition: GRACES

Satire

Synonyms within Context: GRACES

Beauty

Flattery

Friendship

Love

Crosswords: GRACES

Modern Usage: GRACES

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Gaius Valerius Catullus

Henry Ward Beecher

M. Henry

Robert Burns

Use in Literature: GRACES

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Usage Frequency: GRACES

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Modern Translation: GRACES

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Japanese Kanji

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Matched Bible Translations: GRACES

Derivations & Misspellings: GRACES

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Rhyming with "GRACES"

Anagrams: GRACES

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