circumferent

1. 1.

   closely encircling

   “encompassing mountain ranges”

   “the surrounding countryside”

   Synonymsencompassingsurrounding

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Questions about circumferent

What does circumferent mean?

circumferent means "closely encircling".

How many syllables are in circumferent?

circumferent has 4 syllables: cir-cum-fe-rent. The stress falls on "cum".

What is another word for circumferent?

Close synonyms include encompassing, surrounding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is circumferent a common word?

circumferent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.