Synonyms of enveloping

enveloping

verb

present participle of envelop

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• surrounding
• encasing
• enclosing
• confining
• including
• inclosing
• closeting
• caging
• penning
• hedging
• corralling
• boxing (in)
• containing
• bounding
• cooping (up)
• fencing (in)
• mewing (up)
• encompassing
• restricting
• walling (in)
• hemming (in)
• encaging
• limiting
• enfolding
• encircling
• circumscribing
• immuring
• encapsulating
• ringing
• enframing
• cocooning
• ensheathing
• armoring
• framing
• enlacing
• encysting
• encapsuling
• enwombing
• ensphering

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding