Synonyms for besiege
All synonyms
Verb
1. Attack — to beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer
attack, surround, beleaguer, invest, harass, plague, pester, bound, hem in, circumvent, harry, encompass, compass, encircle, bedevil, vex, enclose, bait, tease, beset dated, environ dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
Related words
- Word family
- besiegement besieger
Forms
- Past participle
- besieged
e.g. besieged → attacked, surrounded, beleaguered, invested…
Choose the right word
To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- attack The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
- surround He always prefers to surround himself with girls.
- harass Skura wasn't the only girl that Yanni would harass.
- siege A trebuchet is a siege weapon similar to a catapult.
By length
- 3 letters
- vex1
- 4 letters
- bait1
- 5 letters
- harry2, storm1, bound1, siege1, tease1, beset2
- 6 letters
- attack2, invest2, plague1, harass2, pester2
- 7 letters
- compass2, enclose2, environ, bedevil3, ensiege
- 8 letters
- surround2, encircle3
- 9 letters
- encompass3, beleaguer3
- 10 letters
- circumvent3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (harry2 = 2 syllables).