Synonyms of girdles

girdles 1 of 2

noun

plural of girdle

as in belts

a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist

drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belts
• sashes
• ribbons
• cinctures
• cummerbunds
• waistbands
• self-belts
• ceintures
• loops
• rings
• bands
• bandoliers
• baldrics
• circles
• Sam Browne belts
• obis
• cesti

girdles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of girdle

1

as in wraps

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt

trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view

wire girdling the bundle of firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wraps
• bandages
• belts
• circles
• girts
• girths
• tapes
• bands
• engirdles
• girds
• engirds
• trusses
• enwinds
• loops
• begirds
• wires
• chains
• ties up
• lashes
• wreathes
• cords
• ropes
• winds
• enchains
• shackles
• swathes
• enswathes
• enwreathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwraps
• unties
• unwinds
• ungirds
• unbinds
• unshackles
• unlashes

2

as in circles

to travel completely around

an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circles
• orbits
• rings
• encircles
• circuits
• traverses
• crosses
• rounds
• circumvents
• compasses
• circumnavigates
• circumambulates
• perambulates

3

as in surrounds

to form a circle around

the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounds
• rings
• encircles
• circles
• encompasses
• girds
• environs
• encloses
• walls
• wreathes
• embraces
• compasses
• fences (in)
• circumscribes
• hems (in)
• closes in
• cordons (off)
• swarms
• besieges
• besets
• entrenches
• invests

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of girdles

Noun

Few actresses at the time said no to wearing girdles, says Haspiel. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026