Synonyms of compassing

compassing

verb

present participle of compass

1

as in fulfilling

to carry through (as a process) to completion

attempting more than his modest abilities could compass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfilling
• accomplishing
• achieving
• executing
• performing
• doing
• making
• implementing
• prosecuting
• committing
• carrying out
• negotiating
• completing
• perpetrating
• going through
• realizing
• effecting
• carrying off
• finishing
• pulling off
• putting through
• attaining
• effectuating
• bringing off
• following through (with)
• practicing
• bringing about
• working (at)
• engaging (in)
• nailing
• repeating
• ending
• acing
• actualizing
• reduplicating
• reenacting
• winding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• slighting
• slurring
• skimping

2

as in circling

to travel completely around

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circling
• traversing
• orbiting
• encircling
• crossing
• ringing
• circumventing
• rounding
• girdling
• circumnavigating
• circuiting
• circumambulating
• perambulating

3

as in plotting

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

the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plotting
• scheming
• contriving
• planning
• conspiring
• intriguing
• conniving
• devising
• colluding
• machinating
• designing
• engineering
• putting up
• manipulating
• concocting
• hatching
• cooking (up)
• maneuvering
• mapping
• shaping
• brewing
• counterplotting
• jockeying
• framing
• laying out

4

as in surrounding

to form a circle around

a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounding
• encircling
• encompassing
• circling
• environing
• embracing
• enclosing
• ringing
• girdling
• girding
• wreathing
• circumscribing
• walling
• besieging
• closing in
• besetting
• swarming
• fencing (in)
• entrenching
• cordoning (off)
• hemming (in)
• investing

5

as in understanding

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

• understanding
• knowing
• deciphering
• comprehending
• grasping
• recognizing
• seeing
• appreciating
• perceiving
• sensing
• conceiving
• apprehending
• realizing
• getting
• beholding
• assimilating
• discerning
• seizing
• intuiting
• making
• decoding
• cognizing
• digging
• tumbling (to)
• registering
• making out
• catching
• catching on (to)
• savvying
• grokking
• twigging
• picking up on
• cottoning (to or on to)
• absorbing
• fathoming
• digesting
• taking in
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misunderstanding
• mistaking
• misreading
• misinterpreting
• misconstruing
• misconceiving
• misapprehending
• misperceiving