ENVELOPING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

enveloping

verb

present participle of envelop

as in housing

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

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as in wrapping

to surround or cover closely the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories

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Recent Examples of enveloping Though Britain extended its territorial waters in 1987, thus enveloping Sealand, the micronation has continued to assert its sovereignty under the Bates family. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026 Clear, blue skies and mild breezes are once again enveloping the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascots are happily snoozing in their respective corners. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 25 June 2026 Rain washed out qualifying Saturday, and the gray, overcast sky served as a fitting background for the somber mood enveloping Charlotte Motor Speedway and its 1½-mile track. — Steve Reed, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 The feeling is organic and involving, just as the sound of the voices is intimate and enveloping. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 Freddie Freeman reached Tucker first, enveloping him in a hug. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Elkins stretched his hands behind them, enveloping his kids like a big hug. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026 A little girl covered head to toe in an all-enveloping cloak furiously peddles a bicycle. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026

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The base played a critical role in national defense, housing a command bunker, planted deep into the regional loess, that was designed to withstand a nuclear blast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
The second and third stories are open to visitors, while the first floor housing the gift shop remains closed.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

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Growing up, Williford heard stories of ancestors catching giant grasshoppers, wrapping them in a maple leaf, adding a berry, then roasting them in fire and eating them like popcorn.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Grande is on the Atlanta leg of the Sunshine tour, after recently wrapping in Broward, with a show on Wednesday night.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of wrapping

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Nester also called into question the security protocols surrounding the event, asking Bagley about how many officers were assigned and other preparations.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
All shades, all colors, 4 million faces surrounding them with resounding support and unrequited love.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of surrounding

Verb

Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.

— Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of shrouding

Verb

Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
The 360-degree curved glass walls encasing the galleries offered many glimpses of a face that belonged to me but somehow wasn’t mine.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of encasing

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Use a summer-friendly baby carrier The combination of your body heat and the carrier’s confining space can make an infant hot and bothered within a matter of minutes.

— Nancy Mattia, Parents, 8 July 2026
Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

Definition of confining

Verb

Europe needs a continent-wide security architecture encompassing NATO members both inside and outside the EU.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
An all encompassing space like Big Grove has filled a gap in town — a communal, family-friendly and casual-yet-upscale energy not matched by existing spaces.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

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