Roget's Thesaurus

#227. Circumjacence

Nouns

circumjacence, circumambience; environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings. outpost; border etc. (edge) 231; girdle etc. (circumference) 230; outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.

Verbs

lie around etc. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in etc. (circumscribe) 229.

Adjectives

circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent; ambient; surrounding etc. v.; circumferential, suburban.

Adverbs

around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about.