Synonyms of encircling

encircling 1 of 2

adjective

as in surrounding

Related Words

• surrounding
• embracing
• connecting
• joined
• attached
• connected
• enclosing
• bounding
• linked
• 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

Dissimilar Words

• 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
• ringing
• embracing
• environing
• girdling
• girding
• circumscribing
• wreathing
• compassing
• besieging
• walling
• swarming
• closing in
• entrenching
• fencing (in)
• besetting
• hemming (in)
• cordoning (off)
• investing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encircling

Verb

The encircling coils generate the magnetic field needed to confine the plasma, while the smaller shaping magnets fine-tune its configuration. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Captured by the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, or SMILE, the footage reveals the full ring of auroral activity encircling Earth's north pole in ultraviolet light, stretching across both the night and day sides of our planet. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

There are no bleachers, so spectators set up lawn chairs encircling the field. — Kelenna Onukwugha, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026

Its signature Hémisphère features fine grooves encircling each plate like rings around a planet. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026

The zoning resolution for the Manhattanville extension explicitly forbids encircling any of the outdoor spaces with gates or fences. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026

Champions Nigeria enter with 10 stars encircling the crest on their jerseys, having won 10 of the previous 13 WAFCONs, and looking to add an 11th. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 26 July 2026

The stone is halo-set on a pavé band—jewelry lingo for having a ring of small white diamonds encircling the stone and covering the band. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 21 July 2026