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round

adjective

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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

revolution, rotation, 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

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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