Synonyms of compassed

compassed 1 of 2

adjective

as in accomplished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accomplished
• realized
• attained
• over
• ended
• through
• achieved
• terminated
• finished
• completed
• done
• up
• complete
• concluded
• down
• extinct
• obsolete
• over with
• expired
• dead
• defunct
• kaputt
• kaput

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomplete
• ongoing
• unfinished
• continuing
• undone
• uncompleted

compassed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of compass

1

as in fulfilled

to carry through (as a process) to completion

attempting more than his modest abilities could compass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accomplished
• fulfilled
• performed
• achieved
• executed
• made
• did
• perpetrated
• carried out
• committed
• prosecuted
• implemented
• carried off
• negotiated
• completed
• put through
• pulled off
• went through
• brought off
• finished
• effected
• realized
• attained
• practised
• brought about
• practiced
• followed through (with)
• worked (at)
• effectuated
• repeated
• engaged (in)
• ended
• nailed
• aced
• reenacted
• actualized
• wound up
• reduplicated
• winded up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

2

as in circled

to travel completely around

the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circled
• traversed
• encircled
• orbited
• crossed
• rounded
• ringed
• girdled
• circumvented
• circuited
• circumnavigated
• circumambulated
• perambulated

3

as in plotted

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plotted
• schemed
• connived
• conspired
• planned
• contrived
• colluded
• intrigued
• machinated
• devised
• engineered
• concocted
• hatched
• put up
• designed
• cooked (up)
• maneuvered
• mapped
• shaped
• brewed
• manipulated
• counterplotted
• laid out
• jockeyed
• framed

4

as in surrounded

to form a circle around

a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounded
• encircled
• encompassed
• inclosed
• circled
• environed
• enclosed
• ringed
• embraced
• girded
• girdled
• wreathed
• girt
• circumscribed
• walled
• beset
• closed in
• besieged
• hemmed (in)
• fenced (in)
• swarmed
• entrenched
• intrenched
• cordoned (off)
• invested

5

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

the concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• comprehended
• deciphered
• recognized
• grasped
• saw
• beheld
• appreciated
• discerned
• perceived
• conceived
• sensed
• got
• apprehended
• realized
• seized
• made
• dug
• assimilated
• picked up on
• made out
• cognized
• intuited
• caught on (to)
• registered
• tumbled (to)
• caught
• decoded
• savvied
• grokked
• cottoned (to or on to)
• twigged
• absorbed
• digested
• penetrated
• fathomed
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misconceived
• misconstrued
• misread
• mistook
• misapprehended
• misperceived