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

As of last week, the NCAA reported some 200 lawsuits filed since its approval of the new eligibility model in June, encompassing roughly 850 plaintiffs in a variety of sports. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

The study’s authors stopped short of claiming the coinciding diversification of Cretaceous plants and oviraptorosaurs (the larger dinosaur group encompassing caenagnathidae) are directly related. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026

The estate, encompassing more than 128,000 acres, is run for the Prince of Wales by a team of experts and advisers, including a couple of his closest friends. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

But even just this bare mathematical sketch of a proof was an enormous undertaking, encompassing thousands of pages. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

In 2001, portions of the installation were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District, encompassing 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture and a water tower. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, encompassing all of Bucks County and part of Montgomery County, was thought to be Democrats' longest shot of the four. — Dan Snyder, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Eight structures encompassing 13 homes were deemed too unsafe to enter. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Emerick has now transferred all of Jacobs’ nearly 10,000 recordings, encompassing what Emerick estimates are 12,000 concert sets. — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026