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 encircling

1 sense of encircling

Sense 1
encircling (prenominal), skirting (prenominal) -- (being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting")

INDIRECT (VIA peripheral) -> central -- (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position")

Similarity of adj encircling

1 sense of encircling

Sense 1
encircling (prenominal), skirting (prenominal) -- (being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting")
       => peripheral (vs. central) -- (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs")