roundish

adjective

Definition of roundishnext
as in bulbous

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Recent Examples of roundish Overall, the design language shifts from squarish to roundish and more curvy, presenting a silhouette closer to a human figure, at least from the front. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 The wrappers don’t have to be a perfect circle, just roundish. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025 In the map created for the 2022 film, Gotham is three islands that are almost roundish, jagged circles connected by bridges, so the Tricorner Bridge is kind of like the Brooklyn Bridge, but not quite. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2024 Eventually this network consolidates into roundish blobs, and two distinct phases arise—one enriched with LAT and the other with very little LAT but lots of other proteins. — Trevor Grandpre, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for roundish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundish
  1. bulbous
  2. spherical
  3. rounded
  4. globular
  5. rotund
  6. circular
Adjective
  • The buds are fairly typical, with a bulbous driver housing and an extended stem that sits outside the ear.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The bulbous growths on the ends of the mycelia burst, releasing even more spores into the air to infect even more unsuspecting ants.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bulbous
Adjective
  • Sound waves cause air inside the spherical or bell-shaped structures to oscillate, pulling in diffuse airflow and expelling it as a concentrated, high-velocity jet.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond immersive spherical video, it’s engineered to function as a point-and-shoot camera for flat social clips, or a traditional single-lens action cam when instant sharing makes more sense.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of spherical
Adjective
  • Physicists now know that a collision between two oxygen nuclei generates a more rounded particle pattern, while crashing neon nuclei together creates a pattern more reminiscent of a bowling pin.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Admittedly, his rounded route in his final act last season for Chicago deserves all the rotten cabbage.
    — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rounded
Adjective
  • The pieces are abstract but appear to show featureless human figures sitting atop globular, cloud-like shapes that float in the air.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • This cultivar, 'Little Gem', grows with scale-like leaves in dense, flat sprays presented in a globular shape.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Definition of globular
Adjective
  • The comedy of Gilligan’s Island often centered on the interactions between the scrawny, clueless Gilligan and the rotund, impatient skipper.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Natalia, again fearing a trap, hesitated to disembark—until the dawn light revealed the smiling face of the rotund Diego Rivera, flanked by Mexican Trotskyists and government officials.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
Definition of rotund
Adjective
  • The skylit living room provides ample wall space for hanging art and also features a circular bar with a row of stools.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Auriga effectively unrolled that circular motor, creating a linear system capable of accelerating an object along a track.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of circular

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“Roundish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundish. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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