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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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "surround":

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

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1. Mary Todd Lincoln:

   Clouds and darkness surround us, yet heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. Our wrongs will be made right, and we will once more taste the blessings of freedom.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   You have got to create a safe environment, and there are a few ways of doing that, one of the safest ways is to surround the children with people who are vaccinated if they are eligible to be vaccinated.

3. Courtesy Loni James:

   I love having the different races and religions and music and style and knowledge and background, there’s just so much to be learned when you surround yourself with people from all different areas( of the world).

4. Ann Kearney-Cooke:

   Don't let people make you feel uncomfortable or like you're not good enough, i encourage people to be with people who aren't like that. Sometimes we can't have control with our family or job, but really think about who you surround yourself with.

5. Brann Dailor:

   It’s about cancer. It’s something everyone on the planet goes through, and we are just lucky enough to have our artistic platform and band that we can channel all the negative energy that comes from the feelings that surround a family member or someone close to you that is experiencing this illness.