Synonyms for surrounding
səˈraʊn dɪŋsur·round·ing

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1. encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferentadjective

   closely encircling

   "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

   Antonyms:
   distant

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1. circumfluent

   all around a particular place or thing.

   the surrounding countryside.

   Submitted by JP03 on January 29, 2015  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. surroundingadjective

   Synonyms:
   circumambient, encompassing, encircling ambient, enveloping

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1. List of paraphrases for "surrounding":

   neighbouring, neighboring, nearby, ambient, around, outlying, takes, adjacent, bordering, encircling, moheet

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1. Yoweri Museveni:

   The military and police are still surrounding our home and indeed, they are still locking our gates and are not allowing anybody to move out, or anybody to come in.

2. Nathan Resnick:

   China just has such a great infrastructure, you go to some of these areas in the Philippines or Vietnam, and the ground surrounding the factory is not developed whatsoever.

3. Raymond Odierno:

   We have to stop a long-term group that's potentially attempting to be a long-term influence in the Middle East, that is clearly promoting extremism and frankly suppressing the populations in the Middle East, in order to resolve that, you need the countries in the Middle East, and those surrounding the Middle East, to be involved in this solution.

4. Sonia Sotomayor:

   And what you’re saying is now we’re going to give judges the right to decide how much aid to give them instead of the person with the expertise and the experience, the secretary of education who’s been dealing with educational issues and the problems surrounding student loans.

5. An Ohio sheriff office:

   Deputies said they used a drone to survey the surrounding area, following tire tracks left behind that led officers to an abandoned house. Ground units then located the ATV covered with brush. End result, one happy kid !