Synonyms of enveloped

enveloped

verb

past tense of envelop

1

as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housed
• surrounded
• encased
• enclosed
• confined
• included
• penned
• caged
• closeted
• hedged
• immured
• cooped (up)
• corralled
• bounded
• fenced (in)
• contained
• encaged
• hemmed (in)
• boxed (in)
• encompassed
• walled (in)
• restricted
• encircled
• mewed (up)
• limited
• enfolded
• circumscribed
• ringed
• cocooned
• encapsulated
• armored
• framed
• encysted
• enlaced
• enframed
• ensheathed
• encapsuled
• enwombed
• ensphered

2

as in wrapped

to surround or cover closely

the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrapped
• shrouded
• enclosed
• encased
• encompassed
• cocooned
• draped
• swathed
• enshrouded
• veiled
• enfolded
• muffled
• mantled
• involved
• enwrapped
• encircled
• embedded
• embraced
• embowered
• cloaked
• lapped
• embosomed
• bosomed
• bowered
• invested
• curtained
• blanketed
• enswathed
• circled
• circumfused
• disguised
• swaddled
• overlaid
• camouflaged
• masked
• overspread
• enlaced
• enwound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• stripped
• denuded
• bared

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enveloped

More than three hundred unionized workers at the Victoria & Albert Museum are set to vote on a strike action spurred by the broiling heat that has enveloped the city in recent weeks, The Guardian reports. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026

The increasing temperatures come courtesy of the slight expansion of a heat dome that has enveloped much of the central and southern Plains, the southern Rockies, the Desert Southwest and the upper Midwest. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Here in New York, Brunson holds sway as captain of the team that brought the town to its first NBA championship in 53 years, in an underdog story that enveloped the city in frenzied fandom. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Matthews’ death came nearly a month after he and other firefighters were enveloped June 27 in what’s known as a burnover, in which a fire spreads and closes off all escape routes. — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Not only is this the highest resolution presentation, but the theater screens themselves are also massive, curved and somewhat square-shaped, allowing the audience to feel enveloped by the movie. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Chicago experienced some of the country’s worst air quality on Thursday and is still enveloped in a cloud of smoke. — Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Footage circulated of chaos ensuing on the beach in the jet’s wake, as sand enveloped people and towels, tents and chairs got blown around. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Ex-property manager arrested Criminal allegations even enveloped management at The Club. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026