1. (verb) environment, environs, surroundings, surround
the area in which something exists or lives
Synonyms: surround, milieu, purlieu, environment, surroundings, environs
2. (verb) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Synonyms: adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge, skirt
3. (verb) smother, surround
envelop completely
Synonyms: fence, muffle, surround, palisade, stifle, asphyxiate, skirt, circumvent, wall, repress, border, put out, fence in, besiege, suffocate, smother, ring, strangle, beleaguer, hem in, environ
4. (verb) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
surround so as to force to give up
Synonyms: fence, fudge, outfox, surround, palisade, dodge, tease, overreach, sidestep, hedge, put off, skirt, circumvent, badger, wall, parry, border, bug, fence in, besiege, beat, smother, outwit, elude, ring, outsmart, evade, beleaguer, duck, hem in, pester, environ
5. (verb) wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Synonyms: fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, wall, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ
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Synonyms and Antonyms of surround 
