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around

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of AROUND

1
on all sides or in every direction <he looked around> <butterflies were flying all around>
Synonyms about, round
Related Words all over, everyplace, everywhere; abroad, afloat, hereabouts (or hereabout)
2
toward the opposite direction <she turned around and saw him>
Synonyms about, back, backward (or backwards), round
Related Words behind, down, downward (or downwards), rearward (also rearwards); obversely, reversely; across, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins (also withershins)
Near Antonyms clockwise, deasil
3
at, within, or to a short distance or time <our dog usually stays around our yard> <he'll be getting in around 6:00>
Synonyms around, by, close, hard, in, nearby, nigh
Related Words hereabouts (or hereabout), hereaway (or hereaways) [dialect], thereabouts (also thereabout); along, alongside; accessibly, conveniently, handily
4
from beginning to end <a team that plays all year around>
5
close to but not exactly <there's around a hundred books still left to be packed in boxes>
Near Antonyms due, even, just, sharp, smack-dab, squarely
Antonyms exactly, precisely
6
in one place and another <while typewriters can still be seen around, they are no longer the common office fixtures they once were>
Synonyms about, around, passim
Near Antonyms nowhere

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