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| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
| Synonyms: | belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, loop, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, begird, circumduct, ensphere, gyre, hem in, mill around, wind about |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orb, loop, round figure |
| Synonyms: | amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, coil, compass, corona, crown, cycle, disk, enclosure, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, cirque, colure, cordon, disc, ecliptic, equator, full turn, parallel of latitude, zodiac |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of close friends, associates |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, assembly, bunch, cabal, camp, clan, class, clique, club, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, lot, mob, outfit, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority, camarilla, companions, comrades, cronies, in-group, insiders, intimates |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
annular, bead-like, bell-shaped, belted, bulbiform, bulbous, campaniform, campaniliform, campanulate, circinate, circular, circumrotatory, columnar, conic, conical, coniform, cycloidal, cyclostomate, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, full-orbed, fungiform, gibbous, gimmal, globated, globose, globous, globular, guttiform, gyratory, knobbed, lobed, lumbriciform, molendinaceous, moniliform, obconic, obrotund, ooid, orbicular, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, ovopyriform, pear-shaped, penannular, peristrephic, pyriform, ringed, rotary, rotating, rotatory, rotund, round, rounded, spherical, spheroidal, stobic, strobic, strombuliform, trochiform, trochilic, vertiginous, vortical, vorticose
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| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, track, boundary |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, circle, circulation, circumference, compass, course, cycle, district, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone, bounds, circling, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, gyration, gyre, perambulation, turning |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, bunch, cabal, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society, camarilla, in-group, insiders |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
| Synonyms: | bight, braid, circle, convolution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone, circumscription, purlieus, purview |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
| Synonyms: | ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curvature, festoon, hairpin, loop, quirk, round, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl, camber, catenary, chord, curlicue, curvation, ellipse, flexure, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, meniscus, ogee, parabola, rondure, sinuosity |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | cycle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era, phase |
| Synonyms: | age, alternation, chain, circle, circuit, course, eon, loop, orbit, period, revolution, rhythm, ring, rotation, round, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, wheel, aeon, isochronism, periodicity |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
| Main Entry: | disk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | round object |
| Synonyms: | circle, dish, plate, platter, shell, disc, discoid, discoidal, discus, flan, quoit, sabot, saucer |
| Main Entry: | dot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny mark, drop |
| Synonyms: | atom, circle, dab, droplet, fleck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, speck, spot, flyspeck, tittle |
| Main Entry: | double back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retrace one's steps |
| Synonyms: | back up, backpedal, backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one's steps, return, reverse, reverse path, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, go forward |
| Main Entry: | encircle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | band, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, envelop, environ, girdle, halo, invest, ring, surround, begird, enring, gird in, hem in, inclose, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | blockade, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, cover, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, hedge, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, pen, restrict, veil, wrap, block off, box up, close in, encase, fence off, hem in, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, set apart, shut in, wall in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons of an interest or belief |
| Synonyms: | audience, circle, clientele, cortege, coterie, entourage, group, patronage, public, retinue, rout, suite, support, train, adherents, clientage, dependents, fans, groupies, hangers-on, patrons, supporters |
| Antonyms: | disbelievers |
| Main Entry: | gang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, mob of people |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, band, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, cluster, company, coterie, crew, crowd, herd, horde, knot, lot, organization, outfit, pack, party, posse, ring, set, shift, squad, syndicate, team, tribe, troop, troupe, zoo, combo, workers |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, platoon, pool, posse, set, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust, passel, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | gyrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve |
| Synonyms: | circle, circulate, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, whirligig |
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