Surroundings

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surroundings
       n 1: the environmental condition [syn: {milieu}]
       2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the
          country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: {environment},
           {environs}, {surround}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "surroundings":
     alentours, ambience, ambit, borderlands, circle, circuit,
     circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, context,
     entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs,
     gestalt, habitat, milieu, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts,
     perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, situation, suburbs,
     total environment, vicinage, vicinity