1
as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the city and its environs total about a million in population
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2
as in vicinity
an adjoining region or space
you can get just about any kind of ethnic food in the environs of the university
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3
as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
growing up in the environs of the big city endowed him with a certain urbanity
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as in surrounds
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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Recent Examples of environs
Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
Beckham is clearly a celebrity befitting the LA environs.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
The beach environs is a reset of the yearslong Hyde Park event.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2022
The offerings are perfectly paired with the transportive environs.
—William Li, Town & Country, 8 July 2022
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Plural noun
But Kapoor’s love for these oddballs and their environs is consistently infectious.
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
Beckham is clearly a celebrity befitting the LA environs.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
The beach environs is a reset of the yearslong Hyde Park event.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2022
The offerings are perfectly paired with the transportive environs.
—William Li, Town & Country, 8 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for environs
surrounds
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But as the rover attempted to pull out its drill arm, the rock came up with it, having gotten lodged onto the sleeve that surrounds the tool’s bit.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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Set the scene The hotel’s name comes from the beach grass that surrounds it—perhaps your first clue as to how this summertime escape sits harmoniously among its Long Island coast setting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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“Environs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environs. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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