Roundabout

//ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt//

Synonyms for "roundabout" (206 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (61)

Related words (103)

matted mazy mealy-mouthed meandering meandrous merry go round merry-go-round messed up mixed up mucked up multifarious neighboring o-shaped oblique open orbital out out-of-the-way outer outermost

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Noun(2 words)

rotunda whirligig

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

2 entries

junction ride

Synonyms

5 entries

carousel circuitous merry go round rotary traffic circle

Related terms

1 entries

swings and roundabouts

coordinate

1 entries

pork chop island

derived

13 entries

balcony roundabout bicycle roundabout hamburger roundabout magic roundabout mini roundabout mini-roundabout roundabout dog roundaboutly roundaboutness spiral roundabout swings and roundabouts turbo roundabout what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

derived from

2 entries

about round

has context

4 entries

british canada new zealand uk

related to

25 entries

apparatus axis carousel central children circuitous circular circumlocutionary close fitting coat comprehensive detour fairground indirect island jacket

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similar

3 entries

indirect pork chop island

Translations

184 translations across 52 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

دَوَّار noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dolayı adj (circuitous)

Bulgarian

4 entries

непряк adj (circuitous)
обиколен adj (circuitous)
обстоен adj (comprehensive)
обхватен adj (comprehensive)

Catalan

4 entries

carrussel noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
cavallets noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
giratori noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
rotonda noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

環島 /环岛 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
迴旋處 /回旋处 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

圓環 /圆环 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
環島 /环岛 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
環形交叉 /环形交叉 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
迴旋處 /回旋处 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Czech

4 entries

nepřímý adj (circuitous)
kolotoč noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
kruhový objezd noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
objížďka noun (detour)

Danish

3 entries

karrusel noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
omkørsel noun (detour)
rundkørsel noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Dutch

4 entries

carrousel noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
draaimolen noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
omleiding noun (detour)
omweg noun (detour)

Esperanto

2 entries

rondoplaco noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
trafikcirklo noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Estonian

1 entries

ringristmik noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Faroese

2 entries

kjørekja noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
rundkoyring noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Finnish

4 entries

epäsuora adj (circuitous)
kattava adj (comprehensive)
kiertelevä adj (circuitous)
kierto adj (circuitous)

French

3 entries

giratoire noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
rond-point noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
tourniquet noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Galician

1 entries

rotonda noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

German

4 entries

allseitig adj (comprehensive)
allumfassend adj (comprehensive)
umständlich adj (circuitous)
universal adj (comprehensive)

Greek

1 entries

κόμβος noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

圓盤 /圆盘 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Hebrew

1 entries

כִּכָּר noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Hungarian

4 entries

hosszadalmas adj (circuitous)
indirekt adj (circuitous)
kerülő adj (circuitous)
köntörfalazó adj (circuitous)

Icelandic

4 entries

ekki beinn adj (circuitous)
króka adj (circuitous)
krókóttur adj (circuitous)
með vífilengjur adj (circuitous)

Indonesian

1 entries

bundaran noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Irish

3 entries

compal noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
timpeallán noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
timpeallán spraoi noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Italian

2 entries

rotatoria noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
rotonda noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Japanese

2 entries

ラウンドアバウト noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
環状交差点 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Khmer

2 entries

ផ្លូវវង់មូល noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
រង្វង់មូល noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Korean

3 entries

회전교차로 noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
회전놀이기구 noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
회전무대 noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Latvian

1 entries

apļveida krustojums noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Lithuanian

2 entries

žiedas noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
žiedinė sankryža noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Macedonian

4 entries

обиколен adj (circuitous)
вртелешка noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
заобиколување noun (detour)
кружен тек noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Malay

2 entries

bulatan noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
bundaran noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Maltese

1 entries

rawndebawt noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Māori

2 entries

takawhawhe adj (circuitous)
takawhawhe noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

rundkjøring noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

rundkøyring noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Persian

1 entries

فلکه noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Polish

4 entries

okrężny adj (circuitous)
okólny adj (circuitous)
karuzela noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
rondo noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Portuguese

4 entries

circunloquial adj (circuitous)
perifrástico adj (circuitous)
desvio noun (detour)
gira-gira noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Romanian

4 entries

carusel noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
călușei noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
ocol noun (detour)
sens giratoriu noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Russian

4 entries

кру́жный adj (circuitous)
непрямо́й adj (circuitous)
обходно́й adj (circuitous)
око́льный adj (circuitous)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

krugotok noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
kružni tok noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
kružno raskršće noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Slovak

1 entries

kruhový objazd noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Slovene

3 entries

krožišče noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
obvoz noun (detour)
rondo noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Spanish

4 entries

desvío noun (detour)
glorieta noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
redoma noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
rotonda noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Swahili

2 entries

kipilefti noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
mzunguko noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Swedish

4 entries

indirekt adj (circuitous)
omständlig adj (circuitous)
tillkrånglad adj (circuitous)
karusell noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Tagalog

1 entries

rotonda noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Turkish

1 entries

dönel kavşak noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кругове́ перехре́стя noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Urdu

4 entries

دوراہا noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
چوراہا noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
چوک noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
چَورَن٘گی noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bùng binh noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)
vòng xuyến noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
vòng xuyến noun (children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed)

Welsh

2 entries

cylchdro noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)
cylchfan noun (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

Sample sentences

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Don't say it in a roundabout way.

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The purpose of a roundabout is to slow down traffic.

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After hours of browsing TV Tropes, Lyle could predict the ending of any show. This gave him a distaste for entertainment that, in a roundabout way, enabled him to make time for a more productive life.

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Silicon Roundabout is home to a large number of IT start-ups.

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