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round

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of round

1 having every part of the surface the same distance from the center

  • round billiard balls
  • the earth is not perfectly round
Synonyms of round

global, globular, spherical
Words Related to round

annular, circular, disciform, discoid, discoidal, disklike, hooplike, ringlike

curved, looped, spiral

balled, bulbous, rotund, rounded, roundish

cylindrical (also cylindric), elliptical (or elliptic), oblong, oval, ovate, ovoid (also ovoidal)
Antonyms of round

nonspherical

2 having an excess of body fat

  • a round little grandmother who was a natural to play Mrs. Claus
Synonyms of round

blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, plump, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, tubby
Words Related to round

beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, hefty, husky

dumpy, squat, stubby

hippy, paunchy, potbellied

flabby, soft

ample, buxom, corn-fed, ripe, zaftig (also zoftig)

endomorphic
Near Antonyms of round

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy

cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted

puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight

rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy

ectomorphic

anorexic
Antonyms of round

lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

3 marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

  • an organ with a beautifully round sound
Synonyms of round

golden, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberative, ringing, rotund, sonorous, vibrant
Words Related to round

deep, full, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, plummy, rich

loud, powerful, stentorian, thundering, thunderous
Near Antonyms of round

cavernous, hollow

faint, low, murmurous, muted, smothered, soft, weak

thin, tinny

4 being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent

  • a round dozen eggs
Synonyms of round

even, exact, flat, precise
Near Antonyms of round

approximate, comparative, near, relative

imprecise

round

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of round

1 from beginning to end

  • people working there all year round
Synonyms of round

around, over, through, throughout

2 on all sides or in every direction

  • gather round and listen to my story
Synonyms of round

about, around
Words Related to round

all over, everyplace, everywhere

abroad, afloat, hereabouts (or hereabout)

3 toward the opposite direction

  • turned round to see who was calling out
Synonyms of round

about, around, back, backward (or backwards)
Words Related to round

behind, down, downward (or downwards), rearward (also rearwards)

obversely, reversely

across, athwart, counter, counterclockwise, widdershins (also withershins)
Near Antonyms of round

clockwise, deasil

round

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of round

1 a circular strip

  • a round of steel to reinforce the wooden beam
Synonyms of round

band, circle, eye, hoop, loop, ring
Words Related to round

belt, cincture, collar, girdle

wreath

annulet, becket, coil, curl, furl, hank, spiral, spire, twirl, whorl

2 a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order

  • a busy round of parties during the holiday season
Synonyms of round

circle, cycle, merry-go-round, wheel, zodiac
Words Related to round

pattern, syndrome

course, development, progression, run

beat, circuit, loop, ring

rotation, revolution, turn, turnover

chain, sequence, series, string, succession, train

3 something with a perfectly round circumference

  • use a cookie cutter to make the rounds of dough
Synonyms of round

circle, cirque, ring, roundel
Words Related to round

circlet, ringlet

ellipse, loop, oval

ball, globe, orb, sphere

round

preposition

Synonyms and Antonyms of round

in random positions within the boundaries of

  • talked to voters round the city
Synonyms of round

about, across, around, over, through, throughout
Words Related to round

on

round

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of round

1 to form into a round compact mass

  • carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray
Synonyms of round

agglomerate, ball, roll, wad
Words Related to round

bunch, clump, lump

bead, pearl, pellet, pelletize

sphere
Near Antonyms of round

flatten, open, smooth, spread, unfold
Antonyms of round

unroll

2 to travel completely around

  • a monorail for visitors that rounds the park
Synonyms of round

circle, circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, encircle, girdle, orbit, ring
Words Related to round

circumambulate, cross, perambulate, traverse

3 to turn away from a straight line or course

  • rounded on the track and headed for the finish line
Synonyms of round

arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, fall off, hook, sweep, swerve, trend, wheel
Words Related to round

circle, coil, curlicue, curl, loop, spiral

turn, twist, wind

deviate, veer
Antonyms of round

straighten

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