orbiting
The word “orbiting” has 3 syllables: or-bit-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈɔːr.bɪ.tɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for orbiting?
In the thesaurus, “orbiting” has 13 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for orbiting along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for orbiting
- circling
- circuiting
- circumambulating
- circumnavigating
- circumventing
- compassing
- crossing
- encircling
- girdling
- perambulating
- ringing
- rounding
- traversing
Meanings of orbiting
- verb
- To circle or revolve around another object.
- To move around the general vicinity of something.
- To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
Example Sentences
- The satellite is currently orbiting the Earth at a low altitude.
- Scientists discovered a new moon orbiting the distant planet.
- The camera captured footage of the debris orbiting the station.
- A team of engineers is tracking the probe orbiting Mars.
- Several telescopes monitor the comets orbiting the sun.
On this page you'll find 13 synonyms or another words to orbiting, such as: circling, circuiting, circumambulating, circumnavigating, circumventing, compassing, crossing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
encircling
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- ambient
- approximate
- attached
- besetting
- besieging
- bordering
- bounding
- circling
- circuiting
- circumambulating
- circumjacent
- circumnavigating
- circumscribing
- circumventing
- close
- closest
- closing in
- communicating
- compassing
- connected
- connecting
- conterminous
- contiguous
- crossing
- embracing
- enclosing
- encompassing
- entrenching
- environing
- fencing
- flanking
- flush
- fringing
- girding
- girdling
- immediate
- inclosing
- interconnecting
- intrenching
- investing
- joined
- joining
- juxtaposed
- linked
- marginal
- near
- nearby
- nearest
- neighboring
- next-door
- nigh
- orbiting
- perambulating
- peripheral
- rimming
- ringing
- rounding
- skirting
- surrounding
- swarming
- tangent
- tangential
- touching
- traversing
- united
- verging
- walling
- wreathing
girdling
- bandaging
- banding
- begirding
- belting
- besetting
- besieging
- chaining
- circling
- circuiting
- circumambulating
- circumnavigating
- circumscribing
- circumventing
- closing in
- compassing
- cording
- crossing
- embracing
- enchaining
- encircling
- enclosing
- encompassing
- engirding
- engirdling
- enswathing
- entrenching
- environing
- enwinding
- enwreathing
- girding
- girthing
- girting
- inclosing
- intrenching
- investing
- lashing
- looping
- orbiting
- perambulating
- ringing
- roping
- rounding
- shackling
- surrounding
- swarming
- swathing
- taping
- tieing up
- traversing
- trussing
- tying up
- walling
- winding
- wiring
- wrapping
- wreathing