Synonyms for Surround
səˈraʊndsur·round

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1. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

   Synonyms:
   surround, milieu, purlieu, environment, surroundings, environs

2. surround, 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, skirt

3. smother, 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, environ

4. besiege, 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, environ

5. wall, 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

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1. surroundverb

   Synonyms:
   encircle, environ, encompass, enclose

2. surroundverb

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) invest, besiege, lay siege to

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1. surroundverb

   Synonyms:
   enclose, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, corral, invest, intrench

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1. List of paraphrases for "surround":

   shroud, besiege, immersive, encircle, housing, enshroud, enclose, takes

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How to use Surround in a sentence?

1. Sally Koch:

   Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

2. John Alexiou:

   You’re not going to buy your way into working with an innovator and influencer like Tim, to do that, entrepreneurs have to surround themselves with the right people, persevere and follow their hearts. Not to sound cliche, but that’s what it takes to get your idea through in the world.

3. Leow Yangfa:

   This reminds us of the insufferable stigma, fear and discrimination that continues to surround people living with HIV in Singapore today, those of us who live without HIV can not begin to imagine the shock, distress, pain and betrayal they must be going through right now.

4. Maurice Maeterlinck:

   We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.

5. Raul Benitez:

   The serious thing about this attack was that it was very well planned and orchestrated, with a military-style strategy, this was planned. A lot of gunmen were involved. They blocked the highway to surround them (police) and attack with military superiority.