Surrounding

//səˈɹaʊndɪŋ//

Synonyms for "surrounding" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

about abutting adjacent adjoining ambient around bordering cincture circling circumambient

Strong matches (14)

circumferent circumferential circumflex circumfluent circumfluous circumjacent claustral confining containment contextual embracing encirclement encircling

Adjective(1 words)

circumferent

Related words (24)

enclosing enclosure encompassing enfolding enveloping envelopment environing environment environmental inclusion involvement limiting local nearby neighboring parietal peripheral periphery roundabout suburban

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wrapping

Adjective(1 words)

encompassing

Noun(2 words)

environment periphery

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

circumferent periphery

form of

1 entries

surround

is a

1 entries

configuration

related to

1 entries

environment

similar

1 entries

Translations

29 translations across 14 languages.

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ətraf noun (outlying area)

Bulgarian

1 entries

околност noun (outlying area)

Dutch

3 entries

aangrenzend adj (Translations)
naburig adj (Translations)
omliggend adj (Translations)

Esperanto

1 entries

ĉirkaŭa adj (Translations)

Finnish

3 entries

ympäröivä adj (Translations)
lähiympäristö noun (outlying area)
ympäristö noun (outlying area)

French

1 entries

environnant adj (Translations)

Georgian

4 entries

არემარე noun (outlying area)
ახლომდებარე noun (outlying area)
გარემო noun (outlying area)
გარემომდებარე noun (outlying area)

German

1 entries

Umgebung noun (outlying area)

Greek

2 entries

περιβάλλων adj (Translations)
περιτριγύρισμα verb (gerund of 'surround')

Hebrew

1 entries

סְבִיבָה noun (outlying area)

Italian

1 entries

periferia noun (outlying area)

Malayalam

2 entries

ചുറ്റുപാട് noun (outlying area)
പരിസരം noun (outlying area)

Polish

2 entries

okoliczny adj (Translations)
otaczający adj (Translations)

Spanish

2 entries

periferia noun (outlying area)
rededor noun (outlying area)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land.

Source: tatoeba (72760)

I saw them surrounding him.

Source: tatoeba (252343)

Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.

Source: tatoeba (266300)

The surrounding hills protected the town.

Source: tatoeba (266301)

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