OVAL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of oval

as in elliptical

having the shape of an egg the Oval Office in the White House

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noun

as in egg

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Recent Examples of oval

Adjective

Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds in London, told People the oval center stone was approximately 35 carats. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 18 June 2026 But his run to fourth in qualifying at Phoenix, the first oval race of the season, turned heads. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Noun

Persimmons are highly ornamental and provide year-round beauty with their large, dark green, oval leaves, which turn vibrant shades of orange, red, and yellow in the fall. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026 Totality occurs in the afternoon over Greenland and Iceland, meaning observers will be beneath the daytime portion of the auroral oval. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oval

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Google researchers have estimated that the computational resources required to attack the elliptic-curve cryptography used by cryptocurrencies may be lower than previously thought.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
There is a gym, which has one treadmill, one rower, a stationary bike, and an elliptical machine, plus bands and weights.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of elliptical

Noun

Prime Air is currently testing a new drone delivery mechanism that could enable it to carry a wider assortment of products, like fragile cartons of eggs or other perishables, Carbon said.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Brush the dough with the egg wash and sprinkle the dough liberally with demerara sugar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of egg

Noun

The resulting feedback loop could bring computational materials research closer to physical experimentation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
Reading easily leads to reading more, which builds the vocabulary that makes the next book easier — and that loop is what actually predicts the outcome.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of loop

Noun

Best mini soccer nets This set comes with two nets that can fold down into a small tube, a soccer ball and a manual air pump.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
In June, he was arrested for allegedly slashing a giant, inflatable FIFA soccer ball that was on display for the World Cup in Miami Beach.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of ball

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Miranda is a Broadway giant, known for Hamilton and the music in Disney’s Moana, and has stepped into the political sphere several times.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Betancourt rose to prominence in the oil sphere by transforming NABEP from a small operator into one of the country’s leading producers.

— Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sphere

Noun

Imagine a 350-foot-tall orb that can be transformed into virtually anything, from a harvest moon rising over the Strip to a giant snow globe to a tank of undulating jellyfish.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
The hour and a half following first contact will see the moon sink ever farther into the sun's disk for those in the path of totality, transforming it from a burning orb into a magnificent shining crescent.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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