- Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
"low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
- Well developed or balanced
"a well-rounded person"
- Make round
"round the edges";
- round out, round off
- Become round, plump, or shapely
"Her figure rounded during pregnancy";
- flesh out, fill out
- Express as a round number
"round off the amount"; "Let's round out the total to the nearest hundred";
- round off, round out
- Wind around; move along a circular course
"round the bend"
- Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
"round your social manners";
- polish, round off, polish up, brush up
- Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
"The critic rounded on the author's latest work";
- attack, assail, lash out, assault
- Pronounce with rounded lips
"In some languages, certain consonants are rounded";
- labialize, labialise [Brit]
See also: allantoid, almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal, annular, annulate, annulated, aspheric, aspherical, auriform, bean-shaped, bowfront, circinate, circular, coiled, crescent, crescent-shaped, cycloid, cycloidal, cylindric, cylindrical, disciform, domed, dome-shaped, doughnut-shaped, ear-like, ear-shaped, egg-shaped, ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, elliptic, elliptical, fat, hyperboloidal, lingulate, lunar, lunate, oblate, olivelike, olive-like, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, parabolic, parabolical, paraboloidal, pillar-shaped, pineal, plumlike, prolate, pumpkin-shaped, ringed, ring-shaped, rodlike, rod-shaped, rotund, round, sausage-shaped, semilunar, spheroidal, terete, tongue-shaped, umbrellalike, vaulted, watermelon-shaped
Type of: alter, articulate, change, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], enounce [archaic], enunciate, form, gain, go, hone, knock [informal], locomote, modify, move, perfect, pick apart, pronounce, put on, say, shape, sound out, travel
Antonym: angular
Encyclopedia: Rounded
Round, John