Circularize

verb

verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars. intransitive
  2. 2
    make circular wordnet
  3. 3
    To distribute a circular or circulars to. transitive

    "Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kirby announce the marriage of their daughter Katherine – I knew neither the girl nor the man she was marrying. They must be circularizing the town."

  4. 4
    cause to become widely known wordnet
  5. 5
    To canvass opinion by using a questionnaire.
Show 4 more definitions
  1. 6
    distribute circulars to wordnet
  2. 7
    To make (something) circular in shape. transitive
  3. 8
    canvass by using a questionnaire wordnet
  4. 9
    canvass by distributing letters wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
advertiseballyhoobarkbeat the drumbillboost

Example

More examples

"Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kirby announce the marriage of their daughter Katherine – I knew neither the girl nor the man she was marrying. They must be circularizing the town."

Etymology

From circular + -ize.

More for "circularize"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

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