Synonyms of encircled

encircled

verb

past tense of encircle

1

as in circled

to travel completely around

communication satellites encircling the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in surrounded

to form a circle around

immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encircled

The area along the Cumberland River where more than 100 people once lived is now encircled by fences and no-trespassing signs. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026

The youngest Lestat trips over reciting a passage about being encircled by God’s love. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

On this day, four guests — clad in masks, snorkels, flippers, and dressed in all black to reduce the risk of being confused for a fish by the sharks — clung onto a safety line and watched as the silky sharks encircled them. — Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Ferguson’s ring features a central ruby encircled by diamonds that resemble flower petals. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026

In the 1940s, the Queen switched rings, and began wearing a ladylike large pearl, encircled with diamonds. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

He was encircled by his Netherlands team-mates, including substitutes, who raced to embrace him. — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 30 June 2026

The island had gone from farm and pasture in the nineteenth century to nature preserves and residential property in the twentieth, its silvery shingled homes encircled by forests and deer. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Today, the Green is encircled by Whitfield, Broad, Park and Boston streets. — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026