Synonyms of flanked

flanked

verb

past tense of flank

as in adjoined

to be adjacent to

the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoined
• joined
• surrounded
• touched
• fringed
• neighbored
• abutted
• skirted
• lined
• marched (with)
• bordered (on)
• met
• encircled
• butted (on or against)
• attached (to)
• bounded
• connected (with)
• verged (on)
• enclosed
• linked (with)
• rimmed
• communicated (with)
• fenced
• converged
• contacted
• embraced
• margined

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flanked

As Rebordinos appeared on stage to present the 23 Spanish titles at this year’s festival, flanked by Beloki, an industry audience got its feet to give him a spontaneous but rousing applause. — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 July 2026

He’ll be flanked by two of the best guards in the NFL statistically over the last two years. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026

Everywhere and Back Again - Live in Front of a Studio Audience, where the venue was flanked by Y2K-era decor. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

The Madison River originates inside Yellowstone National Park and flows 183 miles north through southwest Montana, flanked by the Madison Range, the Gravelly Mountains, and the Tobacco Root Mountains. — Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Mamdani, at an unrelated news conference Monday flanked by Councilwoman Carmen de la Rosa (D-Manhattan) — the lead sponsor and former chair of the labor committee — continued to cast doubt on pay raises outside of collective bargaining. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

Four large white tents stood in an imposing line, flanked by a few small buildings. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

It was built to evoke the feeling of living aboard a luxury ship, including an architectural octagon entry flanked by porthole windows giving way into a gallery entry into the main great room. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

For more than two decades, a pair of imposing granite lions flanked the entrance to a rust-red building deep inside the Arctic Circle. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 July 2026