Synonyms of fencing

fencing 1 of 2

adjective

as in encircling

Related Words

• encircling
• surrounding
• bounding
• connecting
• embracing
• attached
• enclosing
• joined
• connected
• peripheral
• communicating
• linked
• marginal
• tangential
• rimming
• nearby
• interconnecting
• circumjacent
• tangent
• united
• next-door
• closest
• approximate
• nearest
• adjacent
• adjoining
• near
• joining
• encompassing
• immediate
• nigh
• contiguous
• ambient
• abutting
• neighboring
• flanking
• fringing
• close
• touching
• skirting
• juxtaposed
• conterminous
• bordering
• flush
• verging

Dissimilar Words

• separate
• apart
• detached
• discrete
• noncontiguous
• isolated
• free-standing
• removed
• single
• nonadjacent
• unconnected
• unattached
• isolate
• disconnected
• remote
• unlinked
• farthest
• distant
• far
• away
• discontinuous
• divided
• split
• resolved
• broken up
• severed
• noncontinuous
• uncoupled
• ramified
• divorced
• far-off
• parted
• faraway
• dissociated
• disunited
• unyoked
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered

fencing

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verb

present participle of fence

as in protecting

to drive danger or attack away from

had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protecting
• defending
• shielding
• guarding
• safeguarding
• securing
• fending
• keeping
• warding
• screening
• covering
• forfending
• preventing
• bulwarking
• saving
• standing up for
• opposing
• preserving
• resisting
• fighting
• conserving
• withstanding
• warring
• averting
• contending
• walling
• picketing
• palisading
• buffering
• battling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacking
• assaulting
• assailing
• storming
• bombarding
• submitting
• overrunning
• besieging
• besetting
• yielding
• caving
• capitulating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fencing

Verb

The administration’s 79-page proposal for the 8-acre park calls for fencing it all the way around with gates at the north and south entrances to control public access. — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Between the beds, tunnels of bent cattle fencing provide room for the crops to climb. — Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026

Some shoppers, but mostly regulars who come to walk the mall to get their steps in, say they were shocked to drive into the parking lot and see parts of it blocked off and fencing going up. — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 13 July 2026

As fencing students began to leave or do cooldown stretches, Sullivan continued to practice her footwork and precision with her foil by a target bag. — Elijah Polance, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Ahead of final completion of the homes, Lennar is expected to install utilities, paving, streets, fencing and landscaping, along with construction of residences, planning files show. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

It is now surrounded by fencing and ominous signs that read DANGER EXPLOSIVES and show a bomb being detonated. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Later this month, the Miami City Commission will consider a proposal to launch a one-year pilot program to allow advertisements on fencing at construction sites within the urban core that have active building permits. — Tess Riski july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Bury an additional foot of fencing below the surface to discourage burrowing. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 June 2026