Synonyms of girdle

girdle 1 of 2

noun

ˈgər-dᵊl 

as in belt

a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist

drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belt
• sash
• ribbon
• cincture
• cummerbund
• waistband
• cumberbund
• ceinture
• self-belt
• ring
• loop
• band
• baldric
• bandoleer
• cestus
• circle
• bandolier
• obi
• Sam Browne belt

girdle

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to wrap

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt

trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view

wire girdling the bundle of firewood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrap
• girt
• bandage
• belt
• circle
• girth
• band
• gird
• engirdle
• engird
• tape
• enwind
• truss
• loop
• tie up
• begird
• rope
• cord
• lash
• wire
• wind
• wreathe
• shackle
• chain
• enchain
• swathe
• enwreathe
• enswathe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwrap
• untie
• unwind
• ungird
• unbind
• unshackle
• unlash

2

as in to circle

to travel completely around

an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circle
• orbit
• ring
• traverse
• encircle
• circuit
• cross
• round
• circumvent
• compass
• circumnavigate
• circumambulate
• perambulate

3

as in to surround

to form a circle around

the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surround
• ring
• encircle
• circle
• encompass
• embrace
• inclose
• gird
• enclose
• compass
• wreathe
• fence (in)
• wall
• environ
• hem (in)
• circumscribe
• close in
• beset
• cordon (off)
• swarm
• besiege
• intrench
• entrench
• invest

Examples of girdle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The company was more famous for designing Playtex bras and girdles, a niche which helped the company’s designers create rubber garments that could survive the perilous elements of space, Chaikin wrote. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023

These foundational items and underpinnings include an array of petticoats, girdles, bras, garters, and slips. —Emma Fraser, ELLE, 27 May 2023

Verb

In 2021, the base was girdled by thick steel cables and wooden planks (picture oversized dental braces), and the dozens of sensors and other monitoring instruments that now pick up even minute shifts. —Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

Trees also can be damaged or girdled by a slack line play set — a set of swings, ladders and other play equipment suspended from a rope that is often tied between two trees. —Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023