Synonyms of encompassing

encompassing 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in all-inclusive

Related Words

• all-inclusive
• comprehensive
• integral
• total
• holistic
• overall
• panoramic
• broad
• global
• universal
• all-embracing
• all-encompassing
• all-pervasive
• all-around

Dissimilar Words

• specific
• limited
• partial
• narrow
• incomplete
• selective
• restricted
• segmented

2

as in ambient

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

encompassing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of encompass

1

as in surrounding

to form a circle around

a necklace of sapphire-blue lakes encompasses the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in including

to have as part of a whole

textbooks on American history are now likely to encompass its social history as well as its political and military history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• including
• involving
• containing
• carrying
• entailing
• comprising
• embracing
• subsuming
• numbering
• comprehending
• taking in
• incorporating
• possessing
• receiving
• having
• consisting (of)
• constituting
• owning
• integrating
• embodying
• forming
• holding
• composing
• bracketing
• admitting
• assimilating
• making

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• leaving (out)
• preventing
• omitting
• prohibiting
• precluding
• denying
• banning
• barring
• rejecting
• eliminating
• refusing
• missing out
• excepting
• losing
• debarring
• ruling out
• mislaying
• misplacing

3

as in enveloping

to surround or cover closely

a fog of mystery has long encompassed this fraternal organization, which is known for its secret rituals

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of encompassing

Adjective

Much more encompassing than detecting software code vulnerabilities . — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026

But that changed in the 2000s, when post-op care became more encompassing after rearranging patients’ internal organs. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026

Equally important, these countries have coordinated policy stances within more encompassing multilateral frameworks, such as the United Nations and its agencies, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization, and the G-20. — Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025

Verb

There are many thousands of national parks around the world, so the trickiest part is narrowing down the list—but these 17, spanning six continents and encompassing an extraordinary range of scenery, are a good place to start. — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

More than half of the reservoirs technically compatible with gas-injection flooding sit within Texas and the broader Gulf Coast region, encompassing onshore basins and offshore fields. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

However, the latest numbers, encompassing January-March 2026, show family petition approvals, which include spousal green cards, dropped to 180,000, the lowest level during the new administration. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Today, the 103-year-shopping district, encompassing 15 city blocks and styled in Spanish tiles, has improved — if only slightly — with 28% of its storefronts unoccupied. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Today’s tiki scene is vast, encompassing everything from historical venues like Silver Lake’s Tiki-Ti, modern takes on the form such as Tustin’s Stowaway or Highland Park’s Lucky Tiki, or twists such as the seafaring tone of Anaheim’s Strong Water. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Nearly 36 percent of evaluated items fell into the outerwear category encompassing coats, jackets and blazers. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Three Fall Must-Dos Cruise one of the most underrated fall drives in the US—the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, encompassing winding Needles Highway in Custer State Park and Iron Mountain Road, famous for its 300-plus hairpin turns. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026

This emotional rift is deeper than just the family’s disagreements about what to grow and how, encompassing the brutal history of genocide and displacement that is embedded deep in America’s agricultural history. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026