WRAPPING Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapping

verb

Definition of wrapping

present participle of wrap

as in bandaging

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

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as in enveloping

to surround or cover closely a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

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Recent Examples of wrapping Growing up, Williford heard stories of ancestors catching giant grasshoppers, wrapping them in a maple leaf, adding a berry, then roasting them in fire and eating them like popcorn. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Grande is on the Atlanta leg of the Sunshine tour, after recently wrapping in Broward, with a show on Wednesday night. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026 Utilities like Southern California Edison are actively wrapping their high-risk mountain wires in heavy, weather-resistant polymer insulation. — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 For a stable, repo-local script, that critique holds, and wrapping every small command in a gateway adds surface area no one needs. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026 Two thick braids began just above the temples before wrapping over and around her head like an organic headband. — Marci Robin, Allure, 6 July 2026 Bluetooth Speaker Deal The Bose SoundLink Flex 2nd Gen drops rugged, portable audio into your beach gear by wrapping a clear high-fidelity speaker array inside a shock-absorbent silicone body. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026 Support top-heavy plants by wrapping a slit pool noodle around stems or pairing it with a stake for stability. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026 Grande is also set to play Montreal before wrapping the run with a series of dates in London this August. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapping

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In theory, these shocks are supposed to fade, and the greater good is served by merely bandaging the complaints of lower-income groups until the headline metrics herald an apparent return to normalcy.

— Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
After bandaging the bleeding leg Saturday, Bichette woke up sore Sunday, Schneider said.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

Definition of bandaging

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Though Britain extended its territorial waters in 1987, thus enveloping Sealand, the micronation has continued to assert its sovereignty under the Bates family.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Clear, blue skies and mild breezes are once again enveloping the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascots are happily snoozing in their respective corners.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 25 June 2026

Definition of enveloping

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Potential contenders including former health chief Nirav Shah and ex-Senate president Troy Jackson are circling, while disillusioned voters liken Platner’s exit to Democrats’ last-minute scramble to replace Joe Biden.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Sources tell Variety that programmers at each of the fall festivals — Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York — are circling the title, though a premiere venue has yet to be set.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of circling

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Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.

— Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of shrouding

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Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
The 360-degree curved glass walls encasing the galleries offered many glimpses of a face that belonged to me but somehow wasn’t mine.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Definition of encasing

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But Sportman said more must be done, including draping the area with a tarp to prevent more water from entering the hole, hastening more erosion.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Bunting arranged this way is appropriate for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of a platform or general decoration.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of draping

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