round

¹round

adj \rau̇nd\

Definition of ROUND

1

a (1) : having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center (2) : cylindrical <a round peg> b : approximately round <a round face>

2

: well filled out : plump, shapely

3

a : complete, full <a round dozen> <a round ton> b : approximately correct; especially : exact only to a specific decimal or place <use the round number 1400 for the exact figure 1411> c : substantial in amount : ample <a good round price — T. B. Costain>

4

: direct in utterance : outspoken <a round denunciation>

5

: moving in or forming a circle

6

a : brought to completion or perfection : finished b : presented with lifelike fullness or vividness

7

: delivered with a swing of the arm <a round blow>

8

a : having full or unimpeded resonance or tone : sonorous b : pronounced with rounded lips : labialized

9

: of or relating to handwriting predominantly curved rather than angular

— round·ness \ˈrau̇n(d)-nəs\ noun

Examples of ROUND

1. The baby has a round face.
2. the owl's big, round eyes
3. a shirt with a round collar

Origin of ROUND

Middle English, from Anglo-French rund, reund, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ROUND

Synonyms: global, globular, spherical

Antonyms: nonspherical

Related Words: 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)

Near Antonyms: 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

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Rhymes with ROUND

bound, crowned, found, ground, hound, mound, pound, sound, stound, swound, wound