round

adj

1. circular, cycloid, disklike, discoid; ring-shaped, ringlike, ringed, hoop, hooplike, hooped, rotiform, annular; cylindrical, tubular; spherical, spheroidal, spheroid, spheric, spheral, spheroidic, ball-shaped, globelike, globe-shaped, globular, glo-bate, globose, orbed, orblike, orbicular, orbiculate, orbiculated, bulb-shaped, bulbous; balloonlike, bouffant, puffy; elliptical, oval, ovoid, ovate, egg-shaped.

2. curved, rounded, curvilinear, curvilineal, parabolic; arched, arcuate, arcuated, enarched, vaulted, bowed, bow-shaped, crescent-shaped, bent; pear-shaped, pyriform, bell-shaped; curvy, Inf. curvaceous, voluptuous, well-shaped, full-figured, voluptuous, fully developed or grown, mature; plump, pleasingly plump, hippy, roly-poly, pudgy, Chiefly Brit. podgy, potbellied, chubby, chunky, stout, rotund; heavy, overweight, fat, obese, corpulent.

3. ample, generous, liberal, abundant, superabundant, bountiful, bounteous, plentiful, plenteous.

4. complete, entire, total, whole, (both of numbers) integer, integral; solid, intact, unbroken, undivided, uncut, unshortened, unabridged, unreduced, undiminished, unlessened.

5. rounded off, approximate, Inf. ball-park, rough, close; estimated, Sl. guesstimated, guessed.

6. finished, polished, practiced, disciplined, well-developed; perfected, perfect, consummate, crowning, august; ideal, exemplary, model.

7. orotund, pear-shaped, rounded, resonant; sonorous, mellifluous, harmonious.

8. straightforward, straight-shooting, direct, up front; candid, frank, outspoken, blunt; plain, down to earth, simple; ingenuous, artless, guileless, naive, open, honest; aboveboard, square, fair, upright, honorable.

n

9. circle, disk, circlet, roundlet, roundel, wheel; ring, hoop, band, annulus, annulation; sphere, globe, ball, orb, bulb, spherule, globule, bead, drop, Geom. spheroid; hemisphere, semicircle, half-circle, half-moon, crescent; curve, arch, vault, bow, Both Geom. parabola, conic section.

10. cylinder, tube, spool, bobbin, reel, roller; dowel, pole, rung.

11.Sometimes rounds sequence, chain, catena; succession, progression, procession, train, string; set, collection, bunch; period, session, sitting, bout, spell, turn.

12.Often rounds circuit, ambit, compass, lap, perambulation; beat, route, routine, course, path, run, track, itinerary; watch, jurisdiction, area, region; trip, journey, travels, voyage, tour.

13. revolution, roll, rotation, circumrotation, orbit, trajectory; circumference, perimeter, outline; spin, circumgyration, whirl, twirl, pirouette, pivot, turn.

adv

14. through, throughout, from beginning to end, from start to finish, from first to last, from A to Z, from head to toe, from tip to toe; on all sides, all over, everywhere, everywhere one looks, in all parts or every part.

15. around, in a circle or ring, circularly, in a circuit; circumferentially, perimetrically, on the outside.

prep

16. throughout, through, all over, in all parts of, here and there in; during, over the course of.

17. around, near, nigh, in the vicinity or neighborhood or area of, close to, not far from; about, approximately, roughly, somewhere in the vicinity or neighborhood or area of.

v

18. curve, incurve, incurvate, camber; bend, arch, bow, Archit. embow; take the edge off of, smooth, rub down, polish, buff.

19.Often round off or out complement, supplement, implete, fill in or out, enrich, enhance, embellish, adorn; bring to completion, complete, finish, conclude, finalize, terminate, close, end; bring to perfection, perfect, refine; consummate, crown, culminate, cap, top off.

20. encircle, encompass, hoop, gird, girdle, engird, belt, ring, span; circumscribe, outline, delineate, demarcate, mark off, define, delimit, stake out; surround, embrace, enclose, environ, rope off, hem or hedge or fence in, confine; circumvent, entrap, ensnare.

21. circle, compass, revolve or rotate around, circumrotate, orbit, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circuit; circulate, make the circuit, make a complete trip.