Synonyms of encircling

encircling 1 of 2

adjective

as in surrounding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounding
• embracing
• connecting
• joined
• attached
• connected
• enclosing
• bounding
• linked
• inclosing
• peripheral
• communicating
• united
• circumjacent
• marginal
• nearby
• rimming
• fencing
• interconnecting
• nearest
• tangential
• closest
• encompassing
• adjacent
• next-door
• approximate
• near
• joining
• tangent
• nigh
• abutting
• adjoining
• contiguous
• immediate
• flanking
• neighboring
• ambient
• touching
• close
• juxtaposed
• conterminous
• fringing
• bordering
• skirting
• flush
• verging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• isolated
• separate
• discrete
• single
• detached
• apart
• noncontiguous
• unconnected
• nonadjacent
• unattached
• removed
• disconnected
• free-standing
• isolate
• distant
• unlinked
• remote
• farthest
• far
• divided
• away
• discontinuous
• split
• resolved
• broken up
• severed
• far-off
• noncontinuous
• faraway
• ramified
• parted
• divorced
• dissociated
• uncoupled
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

encircling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of encircle

1

as in circling

to travel completely around

communication satellites encircling the earth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in encompassing

to form a circle around

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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