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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Recent Examples of balled

Verb

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 Two duel threat QBs that both struggled early and then balled out in the second half! — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Instead of being grateful, Quiggle balled his fist, continued to yell and fought with the deputy before being arrested, Linhardt said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 July 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

Curved sofas, rounded tables and expressive lighting are among the older forms being reconsidered for current interiors, along with irregular silhouettes.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Curved sofas, rounded tables, expressive lighting and irregular silhouettes are among the older forms being reconsidered for current interiors, according to Homes & Gardens.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of rounded

Verb

Anyone who could look Bob Dylan dead in the eyes as a 10-year-old and sing one of his most famous songs, as film cameras rolled, is no stranger to pressure.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
South Carolina visited last week, and Alabama rolled to a 31-point victory.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 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

Verb

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

In July, the multihyphenate — who launched her hair care line, Grow-Good Beauty, in March — took her hair to new heights, crafting a spherical updo, courtesy of Stylez, at the Robert Wun fall 2027 couture show in Paris.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Another quirk of the process is that because neither Earth nor any other solar system object is perfectly spherical, projection systems can't seamlessly translate between worlds.

— Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 22 Sep. 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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