rounder

noun

round·​er ˈrau̇n-dər 

1

rounders plural in form but singular in construction : a game of English origin that is played with ball and bat and that somewhat resembles baseball

2

: a dissolute person : wastrel

3

: one that rounds by hand or by machine

4

: a boxing match lasting a specified number of rounds

—usually used in combination

a 10-rounder

5

sports : a player selected in a specified round of a draft (see draft entry 1 sense 9c)

—used in combination

a first-rounder [=a player selected in the first round]

The fourth running back drafted, this second-rounder leads all rookies with 562 rushing yards.

—Jarrett Bell

Examples of rounder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Plus, there’s a fifth-rounder going back. —Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

The Broncos have eight picks available in the 2027 draft, including two seventh-rounders. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025

The Rams will send the Titans their own fifth-round draft pick in 2026 while getting a sixth rounder in return in exchange for McCreary, a former second-round pick who is the final year of his rookie contract. —Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025

There’s also shortstop Maui Ahuna, a fourth-rounder in the 2023 draft. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing rounder

• all-rounder

Rhymes for rounder

• flounder
• founder
• pounder
• sounder
• cofounder
• compounder
• expounder
• profounder