Synonyms for surrounding
səˈraʊn dɪŋsur·round·ing

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1. encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferentadjective

   closely encircling

   "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

   Antonyms:
   distant

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1. circumfluent

   all around a particular place or thing.

   the surrounding countryside.

   Submitted by JP03 on January 29, 2015  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. surroundingadjective

   Synonyms:
   circumambient, encompassing, encircling ambient, enveloping

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1. List of paraphrases for "surrounding":

   neighbouring, neighboring, nearby, ambient, around, outlying, takes, adjacent, bordering, encircling, moheet

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1. Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan:

   Right now, we are working with the Natural Resources committee, the administration, and our Democratic counterparts to iron out the final constitutional and legal questions surrounding the legislation, let me be clear: There will be no taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico.

2. The FDA:

   All of the information to date suggests that women with breast implants have a very low but increased risk of developing ALCL compared to women who do not have breast implants, most cases of breast implant-associated ALCL are treated by removal of the implant and the capsule surrounding the implant and some cases have been treated by chemotherapy and radiation.

3. Keith Salisbury:

   The war fighter needs a decision : ‘ Do I engage or not ? ’ the process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.

4. Brian Schatz:

   I do want to separate the good-faith critiques of Section 230 and the questions surrounding antitrust, which are legitimate, that's not what this [ upcoming ] hearing is about, and that's not what this effort two weeks out from the election is. This is about just bludgeoning these CEOs into submission.

5. Holly Madison:

   There was definitely, like, no romance or seduction or anything like that, the women were surrounding him. I never had casual sex with anybody before. I feel like I was kind of really asexual so maybe I just wasn’t ready for that. It was all very mechanical and robotic and you would kind of follow the other women’s lead.