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Synonyms for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round

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  1. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb

    the area in which something exists or lives

    "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

    Synonyms:
    milieu, purlieu, environment, surroundings, environs

  2. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    "The forest surrounds my property"

    Synonyms:
    adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, 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. smother, surroundverb

    envelop completely

    "smother the meat in gravy"

    Synonyms:
    fence, muffle, palisade, stifle, asphyxiate, skirt, circumvent, wall, repress, border, put out, fence in, besiege, suffocate, smother, ring, strangle, beleaguer, hem in, environ

  4. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb

    surround so as to force to give up

    "The Turks besieged Vienna"

    Synonyms:
    fence, fudge, outfox, 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. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb

    surround with a wall in order to fortify

    Synonyms:
    fence, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, wall, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. surroundverb

    Synonyms:
    encircle, environ, encompass, enclose

  2. surroundverb

    Synonyms:
    (Mil.) invest, besiege, lay siege to

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  1. surroundverb

    Synonyms:
    enclose, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, corral, invest, intrench

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "surround":

    shroud, besiege, immersive, encircle, housing, enshroud, enclose, takes

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How to use surround in a sentence?

  1. James Scott:

    This next president is going to inherit the most sophisticated and persistent cyber espionage cultures the world has ever seen, He needs to surround himself with experts that can expedite the allocation of potent layers of next generation defenses around our targeted critical infrastructure silos.

  2. Ryan Nehl:

    We don't want any of the groups to potentially surround any of the officers on site.

  3. Oleksiy Byk:

    We will block the roads which the police can use to send more forces to surround our comrades, these checkpoints are not to stop civilian cars but to stop the police or any other force which is being sent to reinforce ... Mukacheve.

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    You care day and night for your children, grandchildren and your family. Even today, on International Women's Day, you are still caught up in your routine, working tirelessly, always on time. We often ask ourselves, how do they manage it all? we will do our utmost to surround the women we love with care and attention, so that they can smile more often.

  5. Jason Johnson:

    Lets just be candid. When youre saying she needs to have an advocate out there, its not going to be her husband. She needs to surround herself with African-American men.


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