RIMMING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in encircling

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verb

present participle of rim

as in bordering

to serve as a border for long lashes rimmed his eyes

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Caitlin Clark also made her return after missing most of last season to injury, rimming out a late game-tying 3-pointer in a barn-burner between the Fever and Wings. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 10 May 2026 Use your fingers to rub everything together until fragrant, then remove the mint leaves and transfer the mint sugar to a small plate or bowl for rimming glasses. — Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026 Set up a salt rimming station and let your guests have at it. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026 Potential game-tying shots rimming in and out. — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026 Where to Eat and Drink Most dining options are concentrated in small towns rimming the Dark Sky area, like Paisley, Lakeview, Christmas Valley, Burns, and Fields. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025

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Adjective

The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.

— Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025

Definition of embracing

Verb

Kozak noted that the tide posed flooding threats to parts of coastal New York, like areas around Jamaica Bay, bordering the city's Brooklyn and Queens boroughs, and those near lower New York Harbor.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Dussey’s country, Togo, a West African nation bordering Ghana and Burkina Faso, was the driving force behind a UN General Assembly vote to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of bordering

Adjective

Some critics of the budget cuts argue that the bar may be high but merited, given what the museum has to offer Brussels in terms of art, direct and indirect employment, and revitalizing the surrounding, low-income neighborhood.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Connecticut farmers have been watching how surrounding states have handled the bright red flying bug and adjusted their farms accordingly.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of surrounding

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Clear blue skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus, where a cool breeze is wafting by and the official mascots are bounding about the grounds in search of critters.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
The old ranch hand cut a surprisingly sprightly figure in his warehouselike clinic, bounding from room to room.

— Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of bounding

Adjective

For families Ski vacations and mountain vacations are meant to be enjoyed with the whole family—there’s little that is more connecting than a day on the slopes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of connecting

Adjective

Quan said this was another marginal change, noting that under Charter Amendment ER, approved by voters in 2024, the ethics commission can impose fines of up to $15,000.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
And for those marginal savings, many studies have found the schedule can hurt student achievement.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of marginal

Adjective

The researchers synthesized two iron tetra-azaphthalocyanines in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles swapped the peripheral benzene rings in conventional iron phthalocyanine.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
For the two, relationships with men are merely peripheral to their friendship.

— Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of peripheral

Adjective

Jones, the former Apple exec who recently re-joined Amazon, padded out the programming wish list.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026

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