ROUNDS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

rounds 1 of 2

noun

Definition of rounds next

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

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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

Bloomberg’s calculations of the co-founders’ stakes rely on Pitchbook data and reporting about Anthropic’s previous funding rounds, and are adjusted to account for typical equity grants to nonfounding employees based on data from Carta. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 During the search, police said investigators allegedly seized 30 grams worth of fentanyl pills, 12 grams of crack cocaine, several digital scales, a BB gun, and two 9mm rounds of ammunition. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026 During the qualifying rounds, each team got three flights. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026 Over 14,000 participants across regions and disciplines contributed their voices across both rounds. —

Melanie Cree, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 Next up on the calendar is Monaco, which swapped places with Canada on the schedule to try to group some of the North American rounds closer together. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 From nine finalists to one champion All told, there were seven spelling rounds and one multiple-choice vocabulary round, which was added to the onstage competition in 2021 to put less emphasis on rote memorization. —

Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 May 2026 Treatment included four rounds of doxorubicin, four rounds of paclitaxel, and 21 radiation treatments. —

Ayren Jackson-Cannady, SELF, 29 May 2026 Hutson is the Canadiens’ leading scorer through two rounds of the playoffs with 14 points in 14 games. —

Arpon Basu, New York Times, 21 May 2026

Verb

Samsung, the world’s largest memory-chip maker and another trillion-dollar company, rounds out the three dominant companies in the memory-chip market. —

Mark Dee may 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2026 Funding rounds across the AI stack, from foundation models and inference infrastructure to agentic software and autonomous systems, have become intensely oversubscribed. —

Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Lemon verbena rounds out the list for anyone who makes herbal teas, desserts or summer drinks. —

Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026 The older Javelin launch unit weighed roughly 14 pounds in addition to the missile rounds themselves. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026 As Glyph rounds into the homestretch the narrative broadens, a flash of transcendence for the soldier and horse, a ray of hope for Petra and Patch. —

Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Flower Mound, Texas, rounds out the top three. —

Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026 Aaron Ekblad, who struggled alongside Forsling last season, rounds things out as an offensive driver from the blue line. —

Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 May 2026 Balibar, who has worked with Arnaud Desplechin, Mathieu Amalric, Olivier Assayas and Jacques Rivette, and also performs as a singer and stage actor, rounds out the principal cast. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounds

Noun

Build continuous learning loops with real-world data capture, human labeling and rapid retraining so robots improve from long-tail failures, not just average cases.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The dressy bottoms have belt loops, side and back pockets, and an elastic waistband.

— Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026