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

2 of 2

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 official Barbie modeled on Muhammad also included a fencing saber and mask. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov. 2026

The project would include a splash pad, waterpark and pool restoration as well as pickleball courts, running track upgrades, outdoor fitness stations, an inclusive playground, and safety fencing around the club’s playground. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026

The first phase of the project is building the infrastructure, including clearing away brush and debris, tilling the soil and putting up fencing. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026

There's a Delfy Kids Club and, in the holiday season, complimentary activities including windsurfing, kayaking, tennis, and sports clinics during high summer that offer instruction from the master for a range of distractions from chess to fencing. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

The administration’s 79-page proposal for the 8-acre (3-hectare) park calls for fencing all the way around with larger gates at the north and south entrances. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

These digital apps may not be equipped with geo-fencing mechanisms, meaning data can be changed at any time within a 10-day window, from anywhere, by any person who has access to the parents’ device and login information. — Brenna Witchey, Oklahoma Watch, 25 Aug. 2026

During the Renaissance, Italians refined fencing into its modern form, and soon fencing schools began popping up all over Europe. — Rebecca Leib, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026