Circle

//ˈsɜɹkəl//

Synonyms for "circle" (412 found)

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Strong matches (123)

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Noun(7 words)

cirque coil disc disk dress circle forget me drug gang

Verb(1 words)

encircle

Related words (206)

go around in circles go round go sideways go the round great circle group gyrate gyre habitat halo heliocentric longitude hem hemisphere hook hoop hyperbola ingroup inner circle intermit jewel

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judicial circuit junta junto jurisdiction lasso length lituus locket logical circle longitude loop looplet lot lunar corona lunar halo magic circle make a circuit march meridian milieu mob mock moon mock sun moon dog mount move move over necklace neighborhood nimbus noose nose ring o orb oscillate outfit outpost outposts outskirts pack pale parabola paraselene parhelic circle parhelion perigee perihelion perimeter period periphery pin pirouette pivot plunge precinct precincts precious stone progress province pulsate pulse purlieus push radius rainbow range realm reappear recur regress reoccur repeat retrogress return revolution revolve rhinestone ring ringlet rise roll roll around rondelle rotate rotation round round trip roundel rounds run saucer school scope screw series shift sink sinus situation skirt small circle soar society solar corona solar halo solstitial colure spell sphere sphincter spin spiral stickpin stir stone stream street subside suburbs sun dog supporters surround surroundings sweep swing swivel systole thesis tiara torque total environment tour tracery traffic circle trajectory travel turn turn a pirouette turn around turn round twine twine around twist undulate union universe upbeat vernal equinox vicinage vicinity vicious circle walk wamble wampum wane we-group wheel wheel around whirl width wind world wreath wreathe wreathe around wristband wristlet zodiac zone

Noun(17 words)

group lap loop lot mexican valium r-2 ring roach roofy rope rophy rotary roundabout salon set traffic circle world

Verb(1 words)

gyrate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

21 entries

Rohypnol ellipse flunitrazepam form go junction locomote locomotion move oval rotating mechanism seating seating area seating room seats

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Antonyms

3 entries

square square triangle triangle

Synonyms

9 entries

arc bunch coil disc encircle lap orbit set traffic circle

Related terms

3 entries

circular circulate circus

derived

176 entries

Antarctic Circle Apollonian circle Arctic Circle Bevan circle Brocard circle Carlyle circle Cartesian circle Circleville Dupont Circle Ford circle Hardy-Littlewood circle method Knight of the Golden Circle Lufbery circle Malfatti circle Mohr's circle Spieker circle

Showing 16 of 176 words.

distinct from

4 entries

ball rectangular square triangle

has context

6 entries

astronomy cricket geometry logic south africa wicca

has property

1 entries

round

is a

9 entries

conic section ellipse geometric form oval radial thing rotating mechanism seating shape symmetric shape

manner of

1 entries

travel

part of

1 entries

theater

related to

170 entries

anarchism another another round any any round arc arc continued arcs arctic circle argument around bagginess ball balls basic basic shape

Showing 16 of 170 words.

Translations

444 translations across 129 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аикәагьежь noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Albanian

1 entries

rreth noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Amharic

1 entries

ክብ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κύκλος noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Arabic

4 entries

حَلْقَة noun (specific group of persons)
ديرة noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
دَائِرَة noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
دَوَائِر تَحْتَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْن noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Aragonese

1 entries

cerclo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Armenian

4 entries

խմբակ noun (specific group of persons)
կլորակ noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
շրջան noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
շրջան noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)

Aromanian

1 entries

tserclju noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Assamese

1 entries

বৃত্ত noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Asturian

1 entries

círculu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

dairə noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
dərnək noun (specific group of persons)

Basque

1 entries

zirkulu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Belarusian

2 entries

акру́жнасць noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
круг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Bengali

1 entries

বৃত্ত noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Breton

3 entries

kelc'h noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
kelc'h noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
kelc'h noun (specific group of persons)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кръг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
кръг noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
кръг noun (specific group of persons)
кръжец noun (specific group of persons)

Burmese

1 entries

စကြာ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Catalan

3 entries

cercle noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
penya noun (specific group of persons)
ulleres noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Cebuano

1 entries

lingin noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

خڕ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Chamicuro

1 entries

na'tepelejka noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Chechen

1 entries

го noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

圈子 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
圈子 noun (specific group of persons)
圓圈 /圆圈 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
圓形 /圆形 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Chuvash

2 entries

ҫавра noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ҫавракӑш noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

tögerek noun (specific group of persons)

Czech

4 entries

kroužek noun (specific group of persons)
kruh noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
kruh noun (specific group of persons)
kruhy pod očima noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Dalmatian

2 entries

circol noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
circol noun (specific group of persons)

Danish

4 entries

cirkel noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cirkel noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
kreds noun (specific group of persons)
poser under øjnene noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Dari

3 entries

حَلْقَه noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
دَایِرَه noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
چَرْخ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Dutch

4 entries

cirkel noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
groep noun (specific group of persons)
kreits noun (territorial division or district)
kring noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Egyptian

1 entries

Sn-n:nw*W-V9 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Esperanto

3 entries

cirklo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
rondo noun (specific group of persons)
cirkuli verb (travel in circles)

Estonian

1 entries

ring noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Finnish

4 entries

kehä noun (compass; circuit; enclosure)
kehä noun (series ending where it begins, and repeating itself)
kehäpäätelmä noun (logic: form of argument)
piiri noun (specific group of persons)

French

4 entries

cercle noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cercle noun (Wicca: ritual circle)
cercle noun (territorial division or district)
cerne noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Friulian

1 entries

cercli noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Galician

4 entries

círculo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
azoroñar verb (travel in circles)
cercar verb (travel around along a curved path)
cercar verb (surround)

Georgian

4 entries

მრუდე ხაზი noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
წრე noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
წრე noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
წრე noun (specific group of persons)

German

4 entries

Augenringe noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
Kreis noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
Kreis noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
Kreis noun (specific group of persons)

Greek

4 entries

καμπύλη noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
κύκλος noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
κύκλος noun (specific group of persons)
σφαίρα noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

sèk noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ansèkle verb (surround)

Hawaiian

3 entries

pōhai noun (specific group of persons)
pōʻai noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
pōʻai noun (specific group of persons)

Hebrew

4 entries

חוג noun (specific group of persons)
כדור noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
מַעְגָּל noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
סיבוב noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)

Hindi

4 entries

गोला noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
चक्र noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
वृत्त noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
घेराव verb (surround)

Hungarian

4 entries

gömb noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
kör noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
bekarikáz verb (place or mark a circle around)
kerülget verb (travel around along a curved path)

Icelandic

1 entries

hringur noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ido

1 entries

cirklo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Indonesian

1 entries

lingkaran noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ingrian

2 entries

kruga noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
viiruittaa verb (place or mark a circle around)

Ingush

1 entries

гом noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Interlingua

1 entries

circulo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

حَلْقِه noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
دایِرِه noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
چَرْخ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Irish

3 entries

ciorcal noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ciorcal noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
ciorclaigh verb (place or mark a circle around)

Italian

4 entries

associazione noun (specific group of persons)
cenacolo noun (specific group of persons)
cerchio noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
circolo noun (specific group of persons)

Japanese

4 entries

サークル noun (specific group of persons)
丸 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
円 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
目の下のくま noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Kannada

2 entries

ವರ್ತುಳ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ವೃತ್ತ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Kazakh

2 entries

дөңгелек noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
шеңбер noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Khmer

3 entries

មណ្ឌល noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
វង់ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
វង់មូល noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Kongo

1 entries

nkongolo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Korean

4 entries

다크서클 noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
동그라미 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
서클 noun (specific group of persons)
원 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

тегерек noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ladino

1 entries

sirkolo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Lao

2 entries

ກົງ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ແຫວນ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Latin

4 entries

circulus noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
circus noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
corona noun (specific group of persons)
orbis noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)

Latvian

3 entries

lode noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
loks noun (specific group of persons)
riņķis noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Lithuanian

1 entries

apskritimas noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Low German

1 entries

Kring noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Krees noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Macedonian

1 entries

круг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Malay

2 entries

bulatan noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
bulatan noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)

Malayalam

3 entries

വട്ടം noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
വൃത്തം noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
വൃത്തം noun (specific group of persons)

Maltese

1 entries

ċirku noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Manx

1 entries

kiarkyl noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Marathi

2 entries

गोल noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
वर्तुळ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

țerc noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Middle Persian

1 entries

𐫝𐫍𐫡 noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Mongolian

2 entries

дугуй noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
тойрог noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Māori

4 entries

porotaka noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
porowhita noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
karapoti verb (surround)
korohiko verb (surround)

Navajo

1 entries

názbąs noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

çember noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

krets noun (specific group of persons)
poser under øynene noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
sirkel noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

krins noun (specific group of persons)
posar under augo noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Occitan

1 entries

cercle noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Odia

1 entries

ବୃତ୍ତ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Old English

2 entries

circul noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
trendel noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Oromo

1 entries

geengoo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ossetian

1 entries

зылд noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

انجمن noun (specific group of persons)
جمعیت noun (specific group of persons)
محفل noun (specific group of persons)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

круг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Pashto

2 entries

حلقه noun (specific group of persons)
دايره noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Persian

1 entries

جرگه noun (specific group of persons)

Piedmontese

1 entries

sercc noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Polish

4 entries

koło noun (specific group of persons)
krąg noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
krąg noun (specific group of persons)
kula noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)

Portuguese

4 entries

círculo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
círculo noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
círculo noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
círculo noun (specific group of persons)

Quechua

3 entries

diyosuun noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
muyu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
muyuy verb (travel around along a curved path)

Romanian

1 entries

cerc noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Romansch

2 entries

rudi noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
rudè noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Russian

4 entries

диск noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
круг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
круг noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
круг noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)

Sanskrit

3 entries

चक्र noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
मण्डल noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
वर्तुल noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Sardinian

3 entries

chilciu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
círculu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
tzírculu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

buail noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cearcall noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cearcall noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
cearcall noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kružnica noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
krȗg noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
podočnjaci noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
podočnjak noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)

Sicilian

1 entries

circhiu noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Slovak

4 entries

kruh noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
kruhy pod očami noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
kružnica noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
krúžiť verb (travel in circles)

Slovene

3 entries

krog noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
krog noun (specific group of persons)
krožnica noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Somali

1 entries

goob noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Spanish

4 entries

circulo noun (Wicca: ritual circle)
circunferencia noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
curva noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
círculo noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Swahili

1 entries

duara noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Swedish

4 entries

cirkel noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cirkel noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
cirkel noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
krets noun (specific group of persons)

Tagalog

1 entries

bilog noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Tajik

2 entries

доира noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ҳалқа noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Tamil

1 entries

வட்டம் noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Telugu

3 entries

వృత్తము noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
చుట్టివచ్చుట verb (travel around along a curved path)
చుట్టుముట్టు verb (surround)

Thai

4 entries

กง noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
ถุงใต้ตา noun (bagginess of skin under eyes)
ทางโค้ง noun (curve approximating part or all of a circle)
วง noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Tibetan

2 entries

སྒོར་དབྱིབས noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
སྒོར་སྒོར noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Tocharian B

1 entries

serke noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Turkish

1 entries

daire noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Turkmen

1 entries

tegelek noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Ukrainian

4 entries

диск noun (thin three-dimensional equivalent of these geometric figures)
круг noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
окру́жність noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
кружля́ти verb (travel in circles)

Urdu

3 entries

حلقہ noun (specific group of persons)
دائِرَہ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
چَکْر noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Uyghur

4 entries

دۈگلەك noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
كۇرۇژوك noun (specific group of persons)
چەمبىرەك noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
گەردىش noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Uzbek

4 entries

aylana noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
doira noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
krujok noun (specific group of persons)
toʻgarak noun (specific group of persons)

Venetan

1 entries

sércio noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Vietnamese

2 entries

vòng tròn noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
đường tròn noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Walloon

1 entries

ceke noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Welsh

2 entries

cylch noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
cylch noun (specific group of persons)

Yakut

1 entries

төгүрүмтэ noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Yiddish

1 entries

קרײַז noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)

Zazaki

4 entries

daire noun (geometry: set of points that are equally distant from a center)
doç noun (series ending where it begins, and repeating itself)
helqa (diq) noun (specific group of persons)
kom noun (astronomy: instrument of observation)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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The answer leads us to a vicious circle.

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It no longer seems to be a perfect circle.

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We grew up within our family circle.

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Draw a circle.

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Circle

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Abkhaz

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chamicuro

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Chuvash

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Egyptian

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Ingush

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kannada

Kazakh

Khmer

Kongo

Korean

Kyrgyz