Synonyms for environment
ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, -ˈvaɪ ərn-en·vi·ron·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 6 votes

1. environmentnoun

   the totality of surrounding conditions

   "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

   Synonyms:
   surround, surroundings, environs

2. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundnoun

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

   Synonyms:
   surround, milieu, purlieu, surroundings, environs

Matched Categories

1. • Geographical Area
   • Situation

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. atmosphere

   means the background and environment

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. environmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   conditions, entourage

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "environment":

   environmental, 'environnement, environments, environnement, climate, context, medium, milieu, surroundings, atmosphere, ambiente, ambient, middle, environmentally, mid, setting, framework, umwelt, conditions, landscape, empty, midst, background, community, east, ecological

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How to use environment in a sentence?

1. Maaroof Fakhri:

   VR offers a physical feeling of being in the lab, which gives students confidence when they progress to an actual lab environment, students can use it alone, at their own pace, repeat things, make mistakes, try the experiments a few times.

2. Activision Blizzard:

   With respect to our financial performance, we are pleased that the company continued to deliver strong results in the second quarter, and we are raising our outlook for the year, we remain intensely focused on the well-being of our employees and we are committed to doing everything possible to ensure that our company has a welcoming, supportive and safe environment.

3. Port Authority:

   A rational, refined, streamlined environmental process is actually a huge step further and benefits the environment.

4. Michael Massaia:

   I can take this kind of really uncontrolled, crazy environment -- the ocean -- and basically get it exactly to match what I had in my mind, i would sit there and wait literally hours to get the right combination of wash on the sand and the right turbulence out on the sea.

5. Meg Liberman:

   I describe it as it [ being ] touched by fairy dust in some way, we were short on material sometimes, but the underlying material, the emotion and the relationships that these people had created this environment where everyone felt very connected to what they were doing and to each other.