Synonyms of encompassing

encompassing 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in all-inclusive

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in ambient

Synonyms & Similar 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
• inclosing
• adjoining
• joining
• fencing
• immediate
• rimming
• next-door
• abutting
• touching
• juxtaposed
• flanking
• nigh
• near
• conterminous
• neighboring
• bordering
• close
• fringing
• verging
• skirting
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• inclosing
• ringing
• environing
• girding
• girdling
• circumscribing
• wreathing
• compassing
• walling
• closing in
• besieging
• swarming
• fencing (in)
• entrenching
• besetting
• hemming (in)
• cordoning (off)
• intrenching
• 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
• inclosing
• muffling
• enwrapping
• draping
• enshrouding
• embedding
• cocooning
• swathing
• veiling
• mantling
• embowering
• lapping
• embosoming
• bosoming
• bowering
• investing
• enswathing
• circumfusing
• imbedding
• circling
• cloaking
• curtaining
• blanketing
• overlaying
• disguising
• swaddling
• masking
• camouflaging
• overspreading
• enwinding
• enlacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding