Antonyms for surrounded bysur·round·ed by

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1. surrounded by

   Amid or amidst denotes surrounded by; among or amongst denotes mingled with. Between (archaic or poetic, betwixt) is said of two persons or objects, or of two groups of persons or objects. "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen," Gen. xiii, 9; the reference being to two bodies of herdmen. Amid denotes mere position; among, some active relation, as of companionship, hostility, etc. Lowell's "Among my Books" regards the books as companions; amid my books would suggest packing, storing, or some other incidental circumstance. We say among friends, or among enemies, amidst the woods, amid the shadows. In the midst of may have merely the local meaning; as, I found myself in the midst of a crowd; or it may express even closer association than among; as, "I found myself in the midst of friends" suggests their pressing up on every side, oneself the central object; so, "where two or three are met together in my name, there am I in the midst of them," Matt. xviii, 20; in which case it would be feebler to say "among them," impossible to say "amid them," not so well to say "amidst them."

   Antonyms:
   afar from, away from, beyond, far from, outside, without

   Synonyms:
   amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, in the midst of, mingled with

How to use surrounded by in a sentence?

1. Jim Ed Brown:

   I am surrounded by the love and support of my family and I am determined to live many more years.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   We are surrounded by evidence of the climate crisis -- the fires out West, the heat waves, the floods, everywhere you look, because of global warming, things are getting worse and worse.

3. Charlie Vallejo:

   ( He was) surrounded by machines and no human contact so I think that kind of broke him.

4. Francois Maurice Mitterrand:

   A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

5. George Miller:

   I needed a warrior. But it couldn't be a man taking five wives from another man. That's an entirely different story. So everything grew out of that. to celebrate everything there is about being a woman, and not trying to put women on a pedestal, but being surrounded by other women in a story that was just real.

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