SURROUNDED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SURROUNDED?

Need another word that means the same as “surrounded”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “surrounded” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Surrounded” are: encircled

Surrounded as an Adjective

Definitions of "Surrounded" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “surrounded” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Confined on all sides.

Synonyms of "Surrounded" as an adjective (1 Word)

encircled

Confined on all sides. The encircled pioneers.

Usage Examples of "Surrounded" as an adjective

• A camp surrounded by enemies.

Associations of "Surrounded" (30 Words)

ambient	Relating to ambient music. The ambient temperature.
area	A subject of study. It was a mountainous area.
assemble	Collect in one place. The males assemble and hang by their front legs within a yard or two of the female.
assembler	A program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code.
besiege	Surround and harass. The Turks besieged Vienna.
bevy	A large group of people or things of a particular kind. A bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him.
border	Provide with a border or edge. She stitched a border on to one of the plain white saris.
circuit	Make a circuit. A ten day coach circuit of the island.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. He seemed to commune with nature.
correlate	Either of two or more related or complementary variables. Strategies to promote health should pay greater attention to financial hardship and other correlates of poverty.
crowd	Cause to herd drive or crowd together. Men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah.
delimit	Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry. Agreements delimiting fishing zones.
embedded	(of a microprocessor) designed and built as an integral part of a system or device. Peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp.
encase	Enclose in, or as if in, a case. My feet were encased in mud.
encircle	Bind with something round or circular. The town is encircled by fortified walls.
enclose	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. Breakwaters enclosed the harbour.
enclosed	Surrounded or closed off on all sides. An enclosed yard.
engulf	Eat or swallow (something) whole. The bright light engulfed him completely.
envelop	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. A feeling of despair enveloped him.
environ	Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. The stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil.
in	Expressing arrival. Took the in bus.
included	Contained as part of a whole being considered. Service tax included.
involved	Emotionally involved. The involved muscles.
outskirts	Outlying areas (as of a city or town. They mingled in the outskirts of the crowd.
peristyle	A space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.
precinct	The police station situated in a precinct. At the precinct a desk sergeant ran through her ID.
put	Put into a certain place or abstract location. India has put three experimental satellites into space.
seal	The pelt or fur especially the underfur of a seal. He folded it sealed the envelope and walked to the postbox.
surround	The area encircling something surroundings. An oak fireplace surround.
welder	Joins pieces of metal by welding them together. He worked as a welder in a steel factory.