Encircle synonyms | Best 48 synonyms for encircle

enclose

To shut in all around; hem in; fence in; surround

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loop

Loop is defined as to form in a way that two sides fold on each other with an opening in the middle.

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encompass

To enclose; envelop:

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girdle

To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

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engulf (related)

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straddle (related)

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enwind

To wind about; to encircle.

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circle

To move in a circle.

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surround (related)

To be present on all or nearly all sides of; encircle

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environ

To encircle; surround:

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let-go (antonym)

(Euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.

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unloose (antonym)

To set free from or as if from restraints.

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circumambient

Extending all around; surrounding

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circumferential

Circuitous, indirect or roundabout

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coronary

Sir Thomas Browne

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(Neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system

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belt

(Slang) To sing in a loud and forceful manner:

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circumnavigate

To sail or fly around (the earth, an island, etc.)

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circumvallate

To surround with or as with a wall or trench

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embosom

To enclose protectively.

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enfold

To fold something around; to envelop

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engird

To ingirt

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fence

Fence means to use bladed weapons for sport or fighting.

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immure

To shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude

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beset

To beset is to harass or have trouble on an ongoing basis from multiple sources or from all sides.

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gird

Gird is defined as to tighten or enclose with a band or belt.

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ring

(Games) To toss a ring over (a peg), as in horseshoes.

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hedge

To hide or protect oneself, as if behind a hedge

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hem

: To surround something or someone in a confining way.

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open (related)

To become open

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bisect (related)

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criss-cross (related)

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envelop (related)

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hemmed-in (related)

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begird

To encircle with or as if with a band.

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band

The definition of band means to gather or tie together.

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cincture

To gird; encompass.

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circumscribe

(Geom.) To draw a plane figure around (another plane figure) either to intersect each vertex of the inner figure, as a circle around a square, or to have each side of the outer figure tangent to the inner figure, as a square around a circle

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contain

To contain is defined as to serve as a vessel or holder for something, to be made up of different things or the act of restraining yourself or your emotions.

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embrace

To surround or enclose:

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compass

Encompass

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impale

More generally, to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.