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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Adjective

Starting this month, the spooky treats will return to store shelves, though without any changes to their smooth, oval shapes. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 By April 2019, the final stone went on show in Gabarone, graded as a type 11b Fancy Deep Blue, oval brilliant-cut VVS2 clarity, according to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Noun

When the party got too wild, Maribeth and I would drift away to read under a willow that’s still out there beyond the oval in the grass that marks where the pool used to be. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 Situated beneath the auroral oval, Yellowknife benefits from a relatively dry continental climate, with plenty of opportunities for clear skies compared with some coastal Arctic locations. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oval

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The chart shared by NASA showed Orion docking with the Blue Moon lander in an elliptical lunar orbit, approximately 8,500 km above the Moon’s surface.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Orion had been completing a highly elliptical orbit around Earth, giving the crew and mission control an opportunity to test the capsule's systems before committing to the journey to the moon.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of elliptical

Noun

Anticipated flights of the vehicles will travel outside of the landing ellipse to regions of interest within a broader exploration zone.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Up here, on the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope, the summer sun dances in an unending ellipse.

— Jordan McGillis, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

Definition of ellipse

Noun

The 30-minute loop leaves plenty of time for aimless exploration and patient scavenging, but also provides enough pressure to require you to balance cautious patience with aggressive intent.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Reflecting this, flight paths show the aircraft made two loops to burn fuel before returning to land at LAS, per FlightAware.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of loop

Noun

The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Mbow Dem got the ball near the right corner of the box, shook Miami right back Gonzalo Lujan before taking a few dribbles to his left and rifling a shot into the left corner of the goal.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of ball

Noun

In particular, his wrangling of six-dimensional spheres caught Sussman’s attention.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Reality, for Doomed, hangs on the harmony of the spheres, a crystalline architecture with the power to dazzle—and, at times, to lull.

— Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sphere

Noun

Marginal illustrations are found in the reproduction of The Antiquities of the Jews, including a portrait of its author, Josephus, and a depiction of two orbs representing the creation of heaven and earth.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
The hunter’s moon comes at the end of a several-day period of the orb approaching and passing Saturn.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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