BALLED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

balled 1 of 2

adjective

as in rounded

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nonspherical

balled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of ball

as in rolled

to form into a round compact mass balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can

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Verb

The Heat had one final chance to come away with the victory, but Conwell air-balled a three-pointer as the final buzzer sounded. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 Those guys came in and really stepped up, Dohnte, Mitch, Tanner (Hudson) and Mike and really Tee for a good part of the game, too, balled as well. — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Dixon-Wyatt is deservedly locked in that spot, while Simms balled it in his 20 snaps, catching four passes for 72 yards despite missing some time during the game due to injury. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The rayon-spandex knit is soft, stretchy, and virtually wrinkle-proof, so it can be balled into the corner of a tote bag as a backup outfit and still look fine at dinner. — Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026 Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water per week — be sure the root ball is getting watered. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Lord described Walter Bedford as the night baker who cannon-balled into the ocean in chapter 6. — Veronica Hinke, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026 Jokic came off a pin-down from Braun to catch on the right wing — again making Gobert chase him around a screen — but air-balled the 3-pointer. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

Take the Ardys low table with its soft, rounded edges in a rich olive-green hue, an attention-getter that will easily take center stage in any living room.

— Helena Madden, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026
In keeping with the old Hollywood style of the gown, Kardashian sported an unusual smooth bouffant updo that featured a high ponytail looped under to create a large rounded bun that sat on the back of her head.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of rounded

Verb

Micah Alejado threw three touchdown passes, DeVon Rice ran for three scores and Hawaii rolled past Northern Illinois 56-21 on Saturday in a cross-continent matchup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Once the entire edge is rolled, place the index finger and thumb of one hand on the inside edge of the ridge and use the index finger of your other hand to push the outside edge toward the center of the pie, forming a V or U shape.

— Melissa Weller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of rolled

Adjective

There are the Vamps, inflated shoes born of the puffy Y2K lineage of skate classics like Osirises or Etnies, taken to theatrical levels of bulbous.

— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
From his breakout starring role in 1975’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Curry brought his bulbous eyes and madcap energy to every performance.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bulbous

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Growing up in rural Malawi, the Chawingas played with the boys in village pick up matches, using balls improvised from wadded up paper and plastic.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026
The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg?

— Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026

Definition of wadded

Adjective

Many had a spherical shape, which is associated with high-temperature industrial processes.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Read Full Review Designed to tie in the five elements and the five senses, this Greek idyll is built into a mountain and has a large spherical pool as its physical and spiritual center.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of spherical

Adjective

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this twinkling image of NGC 6723, or the Chandelier Cluster, a globular star cluster located 27,000 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026

Definition of globular

Adjective

The comedy of Gilligan’s Island often centered on the interactions between the scrawny, clueless Gilligan and the rotund, impatient skipper.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Natalia, again fearing a trap, hesitated to disembark—until the dawn light revealed the smiling face of the rotund Diego Rivera, flanked by Mexican Trotskyists and government officials.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

Definition of rotund

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