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

Nyanin left behind a trail of ambiguity in the wake of a deal that sent Johnson to the Seattle Storm for former Cal forward Marta Suarez — the 16th overall pick — and a future second-rounder. —Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

The Sky landed 2024 first-rounder Rickea Jackson, and seven-time All-Star Skylar Diggins. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

The Badgers scored first, too, with Buffalo Sabres seventh-rounder Vasily Zelenov attacking on one of those sequences through neutral ice. —Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026

He has most often been projected as a mid-to-late second rounder. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026

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