ROUNDS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

rounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of round

as in loops

a circular strip a round of steel to reinforce the wooden beam

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as in cycles

a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order a busy round of parties during the holiday season

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as in circles

something with a perfectly round circumference use a cookie cutter to make the rounds of dough

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rounds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of round

as in rolls

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

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as in orbits

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

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as in curves

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

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straightens

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Recent Examples of rounds

Noun

For now, the court record describes a shipment declared as storage boxes, coolers and a chair that federal agents say instead contained firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and an assortment of unfinished receivers and other gun parts. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 Using a 4- to 5-inch cookie cutter (or a similar-size plastic deli container), cut out rounds from the dough. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The Yellow Jackets and Bears have the potential to go a few rounds deep with area leading running backs leading the charge. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026 During routine rounds, detention staff noticed the B-Work Camp door was ajar. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 An officer fired several rounds, striking the man, according to the statement. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Following his arrest, authorities found a semiautomatic rifle, five rifle magazines, about 190 rounds of ammunition, pepper spray, an entrenchment tool, and about 30 knives, according to the affidavit. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026 Monaco will also become a sprint weekend, as will the final two rounds of the year in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 It is designed to engage rockets, mortar rounds, unmanned aircraft, and other short-range aerial threats within a multilayered defensive network. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

Heat it through on the stove and dinner is mostly handled, though a swirl of cream or a slice of crusty bread rounds it out. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 14 Sep. 2026 Special Talk rounds out the programming with three conversations. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Hyman rounds out the top six and found himself with Nugent-Hopkins and Howard. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 White musk rounds everything out with a clean, airy finish, leaving the fragrance polished and inviting without becoming too heady. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026 Adding avocado and sourdough rounds out the plate without turning it into a bodybuilder meal. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Whims points visitors toward Lantern, where longtime friend Andrea Reusing continues to champion North Carolina’s farmers and producers, while Pera rounds out the list with Charlotte’s Albertine. — Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026 The company fired multiple JR3 rounds from a HIMARS at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Kristin Flickinger Kristin Flickinger rounds out the cast as the oldest at 49 years old and works in crisis management. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounds

Noun

The blade of the knife rolls forward and backward, loops of green onion gathering in a pyramid beside my father’s wrist.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The organizations making real progress are tying AI outputs to specific business results and building feedback loops to catch when the outputs drift.

— Matt Waxman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of loops

Noun

About 100 connection cycles were completed over several days leading up to and during the event, with 400 gallons of fuel transferred to the T38 in total.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Tibet is a Chinese autonomous region that has gone through cycles of protest, unrest and government repression since China asserted control over the region in 1951.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cycles

Noun

Hampton will benefit from the same system that made De’Von Achane a household name in Fantasy circles.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Her fantastical Biblical scenes, of a graphic, storybook sensibility, sometimes showed angels, and Christ himself, as chalky white, and this rang in some Black critical circles as a sign of backwater unsophistication.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of circles

Verb

In the very short term, that starts when the Hypercar field rolls across the start line to begin Sunday’s race in Austin.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Sol says she was picked on by Melanie and her girls — production rolls a tape of Melanie and Sol’s emotional conversation about Sol’s late father and experiencing homelessness.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of rolls

Verb

Cancri e is a super-Earth that orbits its host star every 18 hours, and could be covered by a magma ocean.

— Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The new definition of a planet, according to Nat Geo, is an object that orbits the Sun, is large enough to have become round (due to the force of its own gravity) and dominates the neighborhood around its orbit.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of orbits

Verb

Out front, a striking carport canopy dramatically curves over the angled driveway, suspended by slender steel support columns.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026
The aircraft, a C-17, is taller than any commercial vessel; ten feet above her head, the ceiling curves like a spaceship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of curves

Noun

But the Phillies can carry 14 position players in a three-game series.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The bloodied Hoover did not miss a play on the series and wound up going 13 of 16 for 231 yards with 4 touchdowns and no turnovers in his Indiana debut.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026