" encircling "

1: as in surrounding, enclosing;

•  Synonyms : 

•  bounding,

•  circumjacent,

•  embracing,

•  enclosing,

•  fencing,

•  rimming,

•  surrounding,

•  attached,

•  communicating,

•  connected,

•  connecting,

•  interconnecting,

•  joined,

•  linked,

•  united,

•  marginal,

•  peripheral,

•  tangent,

•  tangential,

•  approximate,

•  close,

•  closest,

•  immediate,

•  near,

•  nearby,

•  nearest,

•  next-door,

•  nigh,

•  ambient,

•  encompassing,

•  abutting,

•  adjacent,

•  adjoining,

•  bordering,

•  conterminous,

•  contiguous,

•  flanking,

•  flush,

•  fringing,

•  joining,

•  juxtaposed,

•  neighboring,

•  skirting,

•  touching,

•  verging

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonadjacent,

•  noncontiguous,

•  apart,

•  detached,

•  disconnected,

•  discrete,

•  free-standing,

•  isolate,

•  isolated,

•  removed,

•  separate,

•  single,

•  unattached,

•  unconnected,

•  unlinked,

•  away,

•  distant,

•  far,

•  faraway,

•  far-off,

•  farthest,

•  remote,

•  discontinuous,

•  noncontinuous,

•  broken up,

•  disjoined,

•  dissevered,

•  dissociated,

•  disunited,

•  divided,

•  divorced,

•  parted,

•  ramified,

•  resolved,

•  severed,

•  split,

•  sundered,

•  uncoupled,

•  unyoked

1: to travel completely around;

  * e.g., " ... communication satellites encircling the earth "

•  Synonyms : 

•  circling,

•  circuiting,

•  circumnavigating,

•  circumventing,

•  compassing,

•  girdling,

•  orbiting,

•  ringing,

•  rounding

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to form a circle around;

  * e.g., " ... immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends "

•  Synonyms : 

•  circling,

•  compassing,

•  embracing,

•  enclosing,

•  encompassing,

•  environing,

•  girding,

•  girdling,

•  ringing,

•  surrounding,

•  wreathing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to travel completely around;

  * e.g., " ... communication satellites encircling the earth "

•  Synonyms : 

•  circle,

•  circuit,

•  circumnavigate,

•  circumvent,

•  compass,

•  girdle,

•  orbit,

•  ring,

•  round

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to form a circle around;

  * e.g., " ... immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends "

•  Synonyms : 

•  circle,

•  compass,

•  embrace,

•  enclose,

•  encompass,

•  environ,

•  gird,

•  girdle,

•  ring,

•  surround,

•  wreathe

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)