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encircling

ADJECTIVE
comprehensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
all-inclusive broad complete encyclopedic exhaustive extensive far-reaching full global overall sweeping thorough
STRONG
absolute blanket catholic general infinite umbrella whole
WEAK
across the board all-embracing compendious comprising containing discursive expansive in depth lock stock and barrel of great scope synoptic the big picture the whole shebang the works wall-to-wall wide widespread
Antonyms
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empty incomplete limited narrow needy restricted short uncomprehensive unfinished
STRONG
circumscribed definite imperfect partial specific
WEAK
exclusive incomprehensive particular selective
ADJECTIVE
encompassing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
enveloping
STRONG
surrounding
WEAK
ambient circumferential
ADJECTIVE
orbiting
Synonyms
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revolving
WEAK
clockwise counterclockwise going around
ADJECTIVE
revolving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
orbiting spinning swirling whirling
STRONG
circling circulating gyrating pirouetting reeling rolling turning twirling
ADJECTIVE
rotary
Synonyms
STRONG
spinning whirligig whirling
WEAK
gyral gyratory revolving rotating rotational rotatory vertiginous vorticular
PREPOSITION
about
Synonyms
STRONGEST
around through
WEAK
round surrounding throughout
Antonyms
WEAK
afar away distant far remote

Example Sentences

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Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

When President Trump was asked about the China encircling Taiwan at a news conference on Monday, he shrugged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

More waste arrives daily, piling up like technicolour snowdrifts along the roads and rivers of Xa Cau, one of hundreds of "craft" recycling villages encircling Vietnam's capital Hanoi where waste is sorted, shredded and melted.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

The singer's four-octave vocal range is represented by a musical stave encircling the coin from bass to treble, while a studded armband etched along the edge pays tribute to his iconic Live Aid outfit.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

But the unicorns, instead of parting, closed in around them, encircling them, butting against Christopher’s chest with their faces.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell