| Main Entry: | encompass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround, circumscribe |
Synonyms: |
beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |
| Main Entry: | encompass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, contain |
Synonyms: |
admit, comprehend, comprise, cover, embody, embrace, have, hold, incorporate, involve, subsume, take in |
Antonyms: |
exclude |
| Main Entry: | encompassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | including |
Synonyms: |
ambient, circumferential, encircling, enveloping, surrounding |
| Main Entry: | across-the-board |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad in scope |
Synonyms: |
all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, broad in content, complete, comprehensive, encompassing, everything, extensive, global, including all categories, including all members, panoptic, sweeping, total, wide, widespread |
| Main Entry: | around |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | situated on sides, circumference, or in general area |
Synonyms: |
about, all over, any which way, encompassing, everywhere, in the vicinity, in this area, neighboring, over, throughout |
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
Synonyms: |
aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
| Main Entry: | besiege |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround; assault |
Synonyms: |
assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
Synonyms: |
begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about |
| Main Entry: | circumscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark off, delimit |
Synonyms: |
bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, open |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
Synonyms: |
beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround |