Synonyms for environment
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Noun
1. Surroundings
Other
ecosystem, surrounding, vicinity, domain, entourage, umbworld rare, environage dated, environry dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- environments → surrounds, ecosystems, surroundings, vicinities…
Example sentences
- surroundings He tried to adapt himself to his new surroundings.
- surrounding There are a lot of sights in the surrounding area.
- domain All librivox recordings are in the public domain.
- ecosystem The frogs create a great ecosystem for the garden.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| environment | rising | |
| surroundings | rising | |
| surrounding | rising | |
| domain | rising | |
| ecosystem | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- domain2
- 8 letters
- surround2, vicinity4, umbworld
- 9 letters
- ecosystem4, entourage3, environry
- 10 letters
- environage
- 11 letters
- surrounding3
- 12 letters
- surroundings3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (domain2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- environnement
- Italiano
- ambiente
- Español
- medio ambiente