With so many people around he naturally became a bit nervous.
Source: tatoeba (1554)
Around
/əˈɹaʊnd/
Synonyms for "around" (148 found)
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Closest matches (30)
aboutagainaliveall aboutall overall roundall throughalmostalong towardanticlockwiseany which wayanyhowanywiseapproximatelyat close quartersat handat randombackbackward
Adverb(4 words)
Preposition(1 words)
Noun(6 words)
about mathabout origin rotation phraseabout plantsabout tenall aroundapproximate result
Strong matches (44)
byby way ofcircaclaspcling toclockwisecloseclose aboutclose at handclose byclose uponcounterclockwisedangleencirclingenclosingencompassingenvelopingevery which wayeverywhenceeverywhere
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everywhitherexistentexistingextantfar and widefast byfollowfrom every quartergo withhang abouthaphazardhaphazardlyhardhard byhead over heelsheels over headhelter-skelterhere and therehereabouthereabouts
Adverb(1 words)
close to
Noun(1 words)
curiosity about science
Related words (74)
hoverhuddlehugin a circlein a spinin a whirlin all directionsin circlesin every quarterin reversein spitting distancein the neighborhoodin the neighborhood ofin the vicinityjust aboutjust around the cornerlivingmarchnearnear at hand
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near enough tonear uponnearaboutnearaboutsnearbynearlyneighbourhoodnighnigh aboutnot faron all sideson every sideonly a stepoverpassing bypassing throughrandomrandomlyroughlyroundround aboutround and roundsomewhere aboutstand bysurroundingtailgatethereaboutthereaboutsthroughthroughoutupwards ofviawiddershinswithin callwithin earshotwithin hearingwithin reach
Noun(5 words)
Adverb(7 words)
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriesadverbapproximate adverbdegree wordlocational adverblocative prepositionlocative relationprepositionspatial adverb
More specific
13 entriesapproximate amountapproximate timecircacirclingcircuitencirclementloopnearby areaorbitingperimeterproximate locationroughlysurrounding
Collocations
7 entriesaround fiftyaround herearound tenaround the clockaround the corneraround the housearound the world
Derivations
1 entriesSample sentences
54 total sentences available.
This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.
Source: tatoeba (1586)
Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
Source: tatoeba (1965)
The world doesn't revolve around you.
Source: tatoeba (2101)
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