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rimming

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Synonyms & Antonyms of rimming

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in surrounding, encircling

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for rimming

bounding,
circumjacent,
embracing,
encircling,
enclosing
(also inclosing),
fencing,
surrounding

attached,
communicating,
connected,
connecting,
interconnecting,
joined,
linked,
united

marginal,
peripheral,
tangent,
tangential

approximate,
close,
closest,
immediate,
near,
nearby,
nearest,
next-door,
nigh

ambient,
encompassing

abutting,
adjacent,
adjoining,
bordering,
conterminous,
contiguous,
flanking,
flush,
fringing,
joining,
juxtaposed,
neighboring,
skirting,
touching,
verging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for rimming

nonadjacent,
noncontiguous

apart,
detached,
disconnected,
discrete,
free-standing,
isolate,
isolated,
removed,
separate,
single,
unattached,
unconnected,
unlinked

away,
distant,
far,
faraway,
far-off,
farthest,
remote

discontinuous,
noncontinuous

broken up,
disjoined,
dissevered,
dissociated,
disunited,
divided,
divorced,
parted,
ramified,
resolved,
severed,
split,
sundered,
uncoupled,
unyoked

rimming

verb

present participle of rim

Synonyms of rimming (Entry 2 of 2)

to serve as a border for

long lashes rimmed his eyes

Synonyms for rimming

bordering,
bounding,
edging,
framing,
fringing,
margining,
skirting

Words Related to rimming

hemming,
trimming

circumscribing,
defining,
delineating,
demarcating,
outlining,
silhouetting,
sketching,
tracing

circling,
compassing,
encircling,
enclosing
(also inclosing),
environing,
girdling,
girthing,
looping,
ringing,
rounding,
surrounding,
walling

checking,
confining,
controlling,
curbing,
limiting,
restraining,
restricting

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