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Synonyms for SURROUND
səˈraʊndsur·round
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Princeton's WordNet
environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
Synonyms:
surround, milieu, purlieu, environment, surroundings, environssurround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
Synonyms:
adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge, skirtsmother, surroundverb
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
Synonyms:
fence, muffle, surround, palisade, stifle, asphyxiate, skirt, circumvent, wall, repress, border, put out, fence in, besiege, suffocate, smother, ring, strangle, beleaguer, hem in, environbesiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
Synonyms:
fence, fudge, outfox, surround, palisade, dodge, tease, overreach, sidestep, hedge, put off, skirt, circumvent, badger, wall, parry, border, bug, fence in, besiege, beat, smother, outwit, elude, ring, outsmart, evade, beleaguer, duck, hem in, pester, environwall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Synonyms:
fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, wall, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#255 | phone | |
#374 | call | |
#492 | march | |
#786 | environment | |
#1173 | band | |
#1290 | telephone | |
#1374 | wall | |
#1421 | housing | |
#1422 | takes | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1784 | frame | |
#1953 | edge | |
#2043 | bug | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3282 | border | |
#3284 | debate | |
#3403 | bound | |
#3764 | echo | |
#4580 | butt | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7080 | argue | |
#7123 | duck | |
#8175 | fence | |
#8297 | surround | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#11813 | environ | |
#12632 | surroundings | |
#16228 | badger | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#20325 | contend | |
#21866 | parry | |
#23556 | enclose | |
#27773 | smother | |
#31722 | shroud | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#34299 | milieu | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35306 | evade | |
#36764 | environs | |
#40881 | immersive | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#54452 | palisade | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#64306 | elude | |
#68341 | knell | |
#69764 | abut | |
#70641 | peal | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#87313 | encircle | |
#90108 | pester | |
#90491 | resound | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#120495 | adjoin | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#158476 | overreach |
How to use SURROUND in a sentence?
Should we continue to look upwards Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished The ideal is terrifying to behold, lost as it is in the depths, small, isolated, a pin-point, brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds. (Les Miserables)
We'll talk with Mr. Trump about the people he intends to surround himself with, his criteria for Supreme Court nominations, his convictions on life, marriage, religious liberty, and more.
From the road Diane McClay-MacGeorge'd be looking down across the water to the property, which will then be backdropped by the trees that surround the natural river and landscape.
I love having the different races and religions and music and style and knowledge and background, there’s just so much to be learned when you surround yourself with people from all different areas( of the world).
Don't let people make you feel uncomfortable or like you're not good enough, i encourage people to be with people who aren't like that. Sometimes we can't have control with our family or job, but really think about who you surround yourself with.
Translations for SURROUND
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- أحاط, طوق, لفArabic
- circumdar, envoltar, rodejar, voltarCatalan, Valencian
- obehnat, obklopit, obklíčitCzech
- omringeDanish
- umringen, umgeben, umzingelnGerman
- περικλείωGreek
- envolver, cercar, circundarSpanish
- piirittää, ympäröidä, saartaaFinnish
- entourer, enceindreFrench
- omjaanWestern Frisian
- cuairtichScottish Gaelic
- körbeveszHungarian
- accerchiare, circondare, assediareItalian
- 取り巻く, 包囲, 囲むJapanese
- circumeo, circueoLatin
- ómgaeveLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- whakaawhiMāori
- omcirkelen, omringen, insluiten, omsingelen, omsluiten, omgevenDutch
- otaczaćPolish
- contornar, cercarPortuguese
- înconjuraRomanian
- окружи́ть, окружа́тьRussian
- omringa, omgeSwedish
- оточуватиUkrainian
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