Synonyms of encase

encase

verb

in-ˈkās 

as in to enclose

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enclose
• house
• confine
• surround
• include
• envelop
• cage
• box (in)
• fence (in)
• pen
• contain
• closet
• hedge
• encage
• wall (in)
• immure
• hem (in)
• coop (up)
• restrict
• bound
• corral
• encompass
• encircle
• mew (up)
• circumscribe
• limit
• encapsulate
• enfold
• ring
• armor
• enframe
• frame
• cocoon
• enlace
• encyst
• enwomb
• encapsule
• ensheathe
• ensphere

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encase

Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red. — CBS News, 31 May 2026

The Chandelier bar, with its three layers of bars encased in crystals, is still one of the most recognizable cocktail settings in town; Vesper and Ghost Donkey add very different but equally scene-y moods just steps away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026