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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'surround'
Princeton's WordNet
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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