Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb encircle

2 senses of encircle

Sense 1
encircle, circle -- (form a circle around; "encircle the errors")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Sense 2
gird, encircle -- (bind with something round or circular)
       => bind -- (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women")

Antonyms of adj encircled

1 sense of encircled

Sense 1
surrounded, encircled -- (confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers")

INDIRECT (VIA enclosed) -> unenclosed -- (not closed in our surrounded or included; "an unenclosed porch"; "unenclosed common land")

Similarity of adj encircled

1 sense of encircled

Sense 1
surrounded, encircled -- (confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers")
       => enclosed (vs. unenclosed) -- (closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling")