adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Adjective

1. 1
   Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
2. 2
   Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
3. 3
   Sharp-cornered; pointed.

   "an angular figure"

4. 4
   Measured by an angle.

   "angular distance"

5. 5
   Lean, lank.

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6. 6
   Ungraceful; lacking grace.
7. 7
   Sharp and stiff in character. figuratively

   "He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance."

8. 8
   Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

Adjective

1. 1
   having angles or an angular shape wordnet
2. 2
   measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

akimboangledangulatebentbicuspidatebony

Antonyms

All antonyms

rounded

Example

More examples

"Her coloring book lay limp, jagged with angular pink scribbles."

Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.