- surrounding as an adjective:
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surrounding
adjective
1 surrounding
Closely encircling:
— The surrounding countryside.
synonyms: circumferent, encompassing.
Roget 227: circumjacent, circumambient†, circumfluent†; ambient; surrounding etc. v.; circumferential, suburban.
Moby thesaurus: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, confining, contextual, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding ... show more.
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