circular
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
he mailed the circular to all subscribers
Types & categories
- advertising hypernym
- stuffer hyponym
Related & opposite
- disseminate derivation
- pass around derivation
- circularise derivation
- circularize derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having a circular shape
Related & opposite
- rounded also see
- square antonym
- roundness derivation
- circularity derivation
- circle derivation
- circularize derivation
- apple-shaped similar to
- ball-shaped similar to
- barrel-shaped similar to
- bulbous similar to
- capitate similar to
- coccoid similar to
- cumuliform similar to
- discoid similar to
- goblet-shaped similar to
- moonlike similar to
- nutlike similar to
- pancake-like similar to
- pear-shaped similar to
- pinwheel-shaped similar to
- ringlike similar to
- roundish similar to
- wheel-like similar to
Sense 3 adjective
describing a circle; moving in a circle
the circular motion of the wheel
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disseminate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pass around |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | circularise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | circularize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | advertising |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuffer |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | rounded |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | square |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roundness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | circularity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | circle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | circularize |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | apple-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ball-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | barrel-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bulbous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | capitate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | coccoid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cumuliform |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | discoid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | goblet-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | moonlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nutlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pancake-like |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pear-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pinwheel-shaped |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ringlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | roundish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | wheel-like |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | circle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | circle |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | cyclical |