ROUNDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

rounding

verb

present participle of round

as in rolling

to form into a round compact mass carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray

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Relevance

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as in circling

to travel completely around a monorail for visitors that rounds the park

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as in curving

to turn away from a straight line or course rounded on the track and headed for the finish line

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straightening

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rounding Dance routines In the final rundown, Qatar dropped down to second place, with Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan’s All Nippon Airways, Turkish Airlines and Emirates rounding out the top six. — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Sadie Dickerson was the final piece of the puzzle, rounding out the main cast as country-pop star Skylar Stone. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Forsling, Ekblad, Seth Jones and Niko Mikkola anchor the defense, with a combination of Dmitry Kulikov, Radko Gudas, Uvis Balinskis, Donovan Sebrango and Alexander Petrovic rounding out the room. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 The 2% miss rate that looks like a rounding error to a generalist reads as a five-year tail problem to an operator. — Kyle Nakatsuji, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Though right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto and left-hander Tarik Skubal have been rounding into the best versions of themselves down the stretch, Snell’s injury is the latest to deplete the ranks. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Sweeney tucked her dark-wash overalls into a pair of combat boots, rounding out her look with aviator sunnies and a nearly $4,000 Miu Miu Aventure handbag. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026 Take advantage of milder temperatures—and post-work sunsets before daylight savings kick in—by rounding off your look with oversized frames. — India Roby, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2026 The numbers for each question may add up to more than 100% due to rounding. — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding

Verb

Quilling involves rolling, shaping and gluing thin strips of paper to create flowers, monograms and other designs.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Yet behind the viral video sits a bigger question about the growing number of delivery robots rolling through American cities.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of rolling

Verb

An exclusive excerpt published by Decibel centers on Cave In and the period surrounding the band’s breakthrough Jupiter, when major labels began circling.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026
This usually begins with the wasp cautiously circling its target while slowly getting closer.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of circling

Verb

There was a gladiatorial spirit to the earlier stadium, with its dual towers connected by an elegantly curving grandstand with a series of arches facing the street.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
And weighty ropes—the sort that might be used to moor a boat—are braided with chains and arranged on the ground in the form of a curving river.

— Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of curving

Verb

The production’s adventurousness, traversing every corner of Brad Bentz’s scenic design, can have a diffuse effect.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
People were part of Pleistocene history, adapting to the colder climates in the north and traversing the unglaciated regions to the south of the glacial margins.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of traversing

Verb

That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026
Naturally, the night called for not one, not two, but three major looks, all orbiting a palette of fall neutrals.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of orbiting

Verb

Clinical studies have shown that crossing your legs at the knee can temporarily raise systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings.

— Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
The growing menace of drones crossing into Romania’s skies, many of which officials have blamed on Russia, prompted the NATO member to shoot down four drones this year, the first time since the war next door started.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of crossing

Verb

Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
There are no bleachers, so spectators set up lawn chairs encircling the field.

— Kelenna Onukwugha, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026