Synonyms of cocooning

cocooning

verb

present participle of cocoon

as in wrapping

to surround or cover closely

cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrapping
• enveloping
• shrouding
• enclosing
• encasing
• enfolding
• encompassing
• draping
• embracing
• enwrapping
• swathing
• muffling
• mantling
• enshrouding
• involving
• veiling
• embedding
• encircling
• lapping
• cloaking
• embowering
• bowering
• bosoming
• enswathing
• embosoming
• investing
• circumfusing
• curtaining
• swaddling
• circling
• blanketing
• camouflaging
• disguising
• overlaying
• masking
• overspreading
• enwinding
• enlacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cocooning

Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026

Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026

Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined. — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025

The first is with Tallulah, her best friend slash client who’s been slacking off on both fronts since cocooning into her new relationship with Tessa. — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025

The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025

That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025

On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites. — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025