Synonyms for environ
- verb
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Envelop — to encircle or surround (someone or something). To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge…
3. Besiege — to encircle or surround (someone or something). To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to…
Other
encircle, beset, compass, encompass, close, enfold, invest, enclose, gird, circumnavigate, belap dated
Adverb
1. Round about — in the neighbourhood; around
Definitions
- v. 1
To encircle or surround (someone or something). To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.
- v. 2
To encircle or surround (someone or something). To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)).
- adv. 1
In the neighbourhood; around.
Related words
- Word family
- enviro environment environmental environmentalist
Forms
- Past participle
- environed
e.g. environed → surrounded, bordered, ringed, skirted…
Example sentences
- border We met again in Oujda, on the border with Algeria.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| environ | falling | |
| border | rising | |
| enwrap | steady | |
| entwist | steady | |
| circumnavigate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ring1, gird1
- 5 letters
- close1, round1, skirt1, beset2, belay, belap
- 6 letters
- almost2, nearly2, border2, invest2, enfold2, enwrap
- 7 letters
- compass2, enclose2, envelop3, besiege2, entwist
- 8 letters
- surround2, encircle3
- 9 letters
- encompass3, beleaguer3
- 14 letters
- circumnavigate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beset2 = 2 syllables).