Encircle Synonyms and Antonyms

ĕn-sûrkəl
Circumscribe
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. circle
  2. encompass
  3. girdle
  4. enclose
Antonyms:
  1. let-go
  2. unloose
To shut in on all sides
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gird
  2. encompass
  3. environ
  4. ring
  5. surround
  6. begird
  7. beset
  8. circle
  9. band
  10. compass
  11. belt
  12. cincture
  13. circumnavigate
  14. circumscribe
  15. circumvallate
  16. contain
  17. embosom
  18. embrace
  19. girdle
  20. enclose
  21. enfold
  22. hedge
  23. engird
  24. hem
  25. enwind
  26. fence
  27. immure
  28. impale
  29. loop
  30. orbit
  31. wreathe
  32. zone

Words Related to Encircle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. open
  2. bisect
  3. criss-cross
  4. envelop
  5. crisscross
  6. hemmed-in
  7. engulf

Encircle Sentence Examples

  • She stepped forward, lifting her arms to encircle his neck.

  • Tuna fishermen using purse seines may encircle dolphins also.

  • When just pushing the growth in spring, it is advisable to encircle the plants with a few dead branches, if unprotected by shrubs.

  • The other kind of brace is the underarm brace, which uses rigid plastic to encircle the lower rib cage, abdomen, and hips.

  • Because they encircle the only connection between the middle ear and the eustachian tube, hypertrophied adenoids can also obstruct the tube and cause middle ear infections.

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