Synonyms for Hem in:

• n.

  •
  • engulf,
  • contain.
  •
  • check,
  • disturb,
  • prevent,
  • silence,
  • keep from,
  • bar,
  • thwart,
  • stop.
  •beleaguer (noun)
  • beleaguer.
  •circumvent (noun)
  • circumvent.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • beset,
  • hedge in,
  • environ.

• v.

  •ambush (verb)
  • trap,
  • hook,
  • wait,
  • net,
  • hide,
  • lay for,
  • assault,
  • set trap,
  • decoy,
  • jap,
  • surprise,
  • box in,
  • ambuscade,
  • dry gulch,
  • bushwhack,
  • jump,
  • ensnare,
  • lurk,
  • entrap,
  • waylay.
  •begird (verb)
  • Engirdle,
  • hem.
  •besiege (verb)
  • congregate,
  • invest,
  • work over,
  • blockade,
  • come at from all sides,
  • work on,
  • lay siege to.
  •bound (verb)
  • delimitate,
  • demarcate,
  • determine,
  • mark,
  • terminate,
  • delimit,
  • measure,
  • mark out.
  •circle (verb)
  • circuit,
  • belt,
  • circulate,
  • compass,
  • spiral,
  • curve,
  • cincture,
  • pivot,
  • roll,
  • gyrate,
  • whirl,
  • rotate,
  • wheel,
  • tour,
  • embrace,
  • coil,
  • gyre.
  •circumscribe (verb)
  • delineate,
  • hamper,
  • outline,
  • nail down.
  •confine (verb)
  • cool,
  • cramp,
  • enslave,
  • bind,
  • put away,
  • imprison,
  • hinder,
  • fix,
  • shut up,
  • hog-tie,
  • repress,
  • jail,
  • detain,
  • shorten,
  • hold back,
  • intern,
  • incarcerate,
  • keep.
  •constrain (verb)
  • impel,
  • curb,
  • inhibit,
  • disallow,
  • cork,
  • oblige,
  • bottle up,
  • urge,
  • coerce,
  • pressure,
  • drive,
  • bridle,
  • ban,
  • stifle,
  • chain,
  • deny,
  • compel,
  • deprive,
  • constrict,
  • make.
  •contact (verb)
  • hem in.
  •coop (verb)
  • impound.
  •encircle (verb)
  • gird in,
  • inclose,
  • wreathe,
  • cover,
  • Enring,
  • halo.
  •enclose (verb)
  • encase,
  • block off,
  • enshroud,
  • imbue,
  • wrap,
  • implant,
  • box up,
  • lock in,
  • mew,
  • induct,
  • fence off,
  • veil,
  • set apart,
  • Mure,
  • include,
  • hedge,
  • insert.
  •gird (verb)
  • fortify,
  • prepare,
  • ready,
  • support,
  • brace,
  • bolster,
  • steel,
  • fasten,
  • reinforce,
  • secure,
  • buttress,
  • block.
  •hedge (verb)
  • siege,
  • obstruct.
  •hem/hem in (verb)
  • shut,
  • margin,
  • immure,
  • cage,
  • verge,
  • fence,
  • round,
  • define,
  • corral.
  •limit (verb)
  • assign,
  • contract,
  • keep the lid on,
  • lessen,
  • appoint,
  • draw the line,
  • set,
  • ration,
  • cap,
  • narrow,
  • prescribe,
  • reduce,
  • specify.
  •mew (verb)
  • wall.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • assail,
  • attack,
  • skirt,
  • border.
  •pen (verb)
  • case.
  •restrain (verb)
  • crack down,
  • fetter,
  • pull back,
  • guide,
  • sit on,
  • tie down,
  • pinion,
  • arrest,
  • choke back,
  • tie up,
  • hogtie,
  • subdue,
  • muzzle,
  • deter,
  • proscribe,
  • handicap,
  • debar,
  • direct,
  • manacle,
  • curtail,
  • stay,
  • kill,
  • keep down,
  • gag,
  • control,
  • keep in line,
  • govern,
  • harness,
  • suppress.
  •restrict (verb)
  • modify,
  • regulate,
  • decrease,
  • diminish,
  • moderate,
  • impede,
  • tie,
  • shrink,
  • come down on,
  • tether,
  • temper.
  •surround (verb)
  • inundate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • envelop,
  • kettle,
  • wall in,
  • enfold,
  • wrap round,
  • rope off,
  • box off.
  •
  • girdle,
  • rim,
  • mob.
  •
  • fringe.
  •
  • frame,
  • edge.
  •
  • band.
  •
  • line.
  •ambush
  • Entrapped,
  • JAPS,
  • boxes in,
  • ensnared.
  •besiege
  • blockading,
  • shut in,
  • worked on,
  • be set,
  • working over,
  • blockaded,
  • working on,
  • worked over.
  •bound
  • delimitated,
  • delimitates,
  • marking out,
  • delimitating.
  •confine
  • box in or up.
  •encircle
  • Haloing,
  • Inclosed,
  • encircled,
  • ring,
  • Haloed,
  • wreathed,
  • wreathes,
  • Inclosing,
  • incloses,
  • Wreathing,
  • Wreathen.
  •enclose
  • Mures,
  • encasing,
  • enshrouded,
  • setting apart,
  • sets apart,
  • locked in,
  • enclosed,
  • encases,
  • fenced off,
  • locking in.
  •girt
  • girt.
  •hedge
  • sieges,
  • sieging,
  • sieged.
  •limit
  • limited,
  • rationed,
  • limits,
  • rationing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • locked up,
  • walled,
  • inhibits,
  • enclaves,
  • mill around,
  • lock up,
  • begird,
  • hold down,
  • cooled down,
  • confine,
  • besiege,
  • constrain,
  • gyring,
  • withhold,
  • close in,
  • put a lid on,
  • concuss,
  • fenced in,
  • make ready,
  • sealing off,
  • ice,
  • sends up,
  • Girdled,
  • Cinctured,
  • encompass,
  • rimmed,
  • margining,
  • cooling down,
  • went around,
  • interned,
  • coop,
  • gyred,
  • pressurize,
  • wheeled,
  • Rimming,
  • Walling,
  • enclaved,
  • close around,
  • pressurized,
  • Margined,
  • pin down,
  • enclave,
  • seal off,
  • surround,
  • seals off,
  • limit,
  • sealed off,
  • shotgunned,
  • making ready,
  • milled around,
  • Girdling,
  • keep within limits,
  • hold prisoner,
  • shotgun,
  • bound,
  • spiraled,
  • withholds,
  • cooling off,
  • closing in on,
  • concussing,
  • closes in on,
  • fence in,
  • ensphered,
  • put lid on,
  • Ensphere,
  • keep lid on,
  • moved around,
  • pins down,
  • necessitate,
  • trammel,
  • held down,
  • rung,
  • spiralled,
  • spiralling,
  • cool off,
  • close in on,
  • keep within bounds,
  • going around,
  • close on,
  • revolved,
  • closing in,
  • encircle,
  • circumscribe,
  • concussed,
  • Shotguns,
  • put under lock and key,
  • interning,
  • holding in,
  • sent up,
  • closed in on,
  • cool down,
  • go around,
  • loop,
  • iced,
  • corked,
  • demark,
  • circuited,
  • enclose,
  • put half nelson on,
  • closed in,
  • hang up,
  • corking,
  • hold in,
  • made ready,
  • pressurizing,
  • Incarcerated,
  • circuiting,
  • rounding,
  • locking up,
  • revolve,
  • ringing,
  • Prelimit,
  • gird,
  • locks up,
  • pinning down,
  • spiraling,
  • shotgunning,
  • move around,
  • restrict,
  • holds back,
  • held in,
  • put on ice,
  • circle,
  • pen,
  • pressurizes,
  • Circumduct,
  • Fringing,
  • restrain,
  • wind about,
  • send up,
  • hold captive.
  •restrain
  • Harnessing,
  • pulls back,
  • sitting on,
  • tying down,
  • Manacling,
  • pinions,
  • ties down,
  • Manacled,
  • pulled back,
  • pinioned,
  • tied down,
  • kept down,
  • pulling back,
  • Pinioning.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • cloister,
  • chamber,
  • quarantine,
  • cordon,
  • cage up,
  • kennel,
  • cage in,
  • tighten,
  • box,
  • Leaguer,
  • enshrine,
  • rail,
  • keep in custody,
  • crib,
  • stint,
  • localize,
  • pen in,
  • pound,
  • coop in,
  • picket,
  • pocket,
  • cork up,
  • cordon off,
  • keep in,
  • qualify,
  • yard,
  • rail in,
  • shrine,
  • shackle,
  • gaol,
  • block up,
  • Encage,
  • pen up,
  • bottle,
  • ambush,
  • coop up,
  • stable,
  • hold,
  • hold in custody,
  • house,
  • seal up,
  • stake.

Antonyms for Hem in:

• v.

  • ambush
    liberate, free.
  • besiege
    leave alone.
  • bound
    begin, open, start, allow, unrestrict, permit, unbind.
  • circle
    exclude.
  • circumscribe
    help, assist, aid, loose, unloose.
  • compass
    lose, fail.
  • confine
    loosen, increase, ignore, neglect, unfasten.
  • constrain
    discourage, dissuade, encourage, halt, stop, delay, repress, indulge.
  • coop
    set free.
  • enclose
    face, meet, reveal, reject.
  • gird
    untie, praise, let down, compliment, weaken, injure, undermine, hurt, flatter.
  • hedge
    center, promote, confront.
  • hem/hem in
    release, let go.
  • limit
    raise, extend, expand, strengthen, unbound.
  • mew
    take out, unwrap, uncover.
  • pen
    speak.
  • restrain
    forsake, give up, misguide, abandon, turn on, leave, mislead.
  • restrict
    grow, enlarge, develop, lengthen, stretch.

Hypernym for Hem in:

• v.

  • contact
    hedge.

Hyponym for Hem in:

• v.

  • contact
    ring, environ, border, skirt, surround.