ROUNDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

rounding

verb

present participle of round

as in rolling

to form into a round compact mass carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray

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Relevance

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as in circling

to travel completely around a monorail for visitors that rounds the park

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as in curving

to turn away from a straight line or course rounded on the track and headed for the finish line

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straightening

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rounding Take advantage of milder temperatures—and post-work sunsets before daylight savings kick in—by rounding off your look with oversized frames. — India Roby, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2026 The numbers for each question may add up to more than 100% due to rounding. — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Pratt accelerated for a moment rounding first before heading back to the bag. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 Richards also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Sherrie Richards and will star, rounding out the main cast with Daisy Fernandez and Nijah Brenea. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 Singapore’s Minri Media came aboard as executive producer, with fellow backers Kongchak Pictures, based in Cambodia, and Singapore’s Momo Film Co rounding out the associate producer team. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 The millionaire and his family can be seen rounding a bend in the street just yards behind her. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Fischer expressed pure elation while rounding the bases on the homer. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The 11 Pro is the middle child in Google's Pixel line this year, with the Pixel 11 ($899) and Pixel 11 Pro XL ($1,299) rounding things out. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounding

Verb

The junior right-hander can be rolling to his left, then plant, turn and fire a pass, with his long, skinny arm, 60 yards downfield and right on the money.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Then, an unexpected turn of events set the ball rolling for a reunion.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rolling

Verb

Attendees may make a habit of circling conflicts and calculating whether ten minutes of one set is worth the hike before another begins.

— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The trio lived and worked in space for 245 days, circling Earth 3,920 times and traveling a total of nearly 104 million miles (167 million kilometers), according to NASA.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of circling

Verb

Here, nothing comparable to a ball is physically curving through space.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Its flowing, inward-curving shape wraps around a 30-foot central tower, forming a space where people can come together to reflect, remember, and gather.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of curving

Verb

Now, agents are capable of performing sophisticated workflows and traversing multiple applications by leveraging a critical artifact of modern computing, the application programming interface (API).

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
The pair left their vehicle to find assistance, traversing salt flats toward Badwater Road, a two-lane highway encircled by mountains.

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of traversing

Verb

The lunar eclipse also may be visible to Hathaway and the nine other people living off the planet — seven astronauts at the International Space Station and three aboard China’s orbiting outpost.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The lunar eclipse may also be visible to Hathaway and the nine other people living off the planet — seven astronauts at the International Space Station and three aboard China’s orbiting outpost.

— Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of orbiting

Verb

Its signature Hémisphère features fine grooves encircling each plate like rings around a planet.

— Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
The zoning resolution for the Manhattanville extension explicitly forbids encircling any of the outdoor spaces with gates or fences.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026