Circle

Noun

 * : A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from another point.
 * 1) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance from another point.
 * 2) Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
 * 3) A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
 * 4) Orbit.
 * 5) A specific group of persons.
 * 6)  A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.

Verb

 * 1)  To travel around along a curved path.
 * 2)  To surround.
 * 3)  To place or mark a circle around.
 * 4)  To travel in circles.

Adjectives for Circle
conversational; social; illustrious; exclusive; gilded; artistic; political; aristocratic; literary; fashionable; wealthy; financial; wide; brilliant; well-bred; bigoted; select; limited; cheery; charmed; real; ideal; convivial; erratic; perfect; dim; pale; iron; eddying; disintegrated; blurred; broken; enclosing; great; sweeping; sturdy; charmed; intimate; executive; solemn; predestined; concentric; cosmopolitan; bizarre; widening; charred; ceremonial; ringing; collapsed; ever-enlarging; original; vicious agricultural; splendid; decorative; leading influential; distinguished; smartest; elastic pleasant; closed; petty; educational; esoteric; polished; interior; operatic; ultrafa-shionable; awkward; extended; deep; ruddy; vast; walled; uninterrupted; conservative; privileged; noisy; wavering; pallid; giddy; curious; deft; professional; diplomatic.

Verbs for Circle
accomplish —; assemble in —; bar from —; circumscribe —; cleave —; complete —; cut —; disband —; emit from —; form —; flutter in —; guard —; hallow —; inscribe —; insert in —; join —; lead into —; narrow —; pour in —; revolve —; round —; spin in —; swell —; trace —; — disintegrates ; — widens.

Adverbs for Circle
demurely; erratically; solemnly; wideningly; ceremonially; viciously; awkwardly; noisily; waveringly; curiously; treacherously.

Synonyms for Circle

 * (two-dimensional outline geometric figure): coil (not in mathematical use), ring (not in mathematical use), loop (not in mathematical use)
 * (two-dimensional solid geometric figure): disc/disk (in mathematical and general use), round (not in mathematical use; UK & Commonwealth only)
 * (curve): arc, curve
 * (orbit): orbit
 * clique, society, coterie, set, class, companions.

Derived terms

 * arctic circle
 * circle the drain

Related terms

 * circular
 * circularity
 * circulate
 * circus

Thesaurus
acquaintance, advance, alentours, alternate, ambience, ambit, anklet, annular muscle, annulus, anthelion, antisun, aphelion, apogee, arc, arena, areola, armlet, arsis, ascend, associates, astronomical longitude, aura, aureole, autumnal equinox, back, back up, bailiwick, band, bangle, be here again, beads, beat, begird, belt, belt in, bijou, border, borderland, borderlands, bout, bow, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, budge, bunch, cabal, cadre, camarilla, camp, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, celestial equator, celestial longitude, celestial meridian, cell, chain, change, change place, chaplet, charm, charmed circle, chatelaine, cincture, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambiencies, circumambulate, circumference, circumjacencies, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumscribe, circumstances, circumvent, circumvolute, circus, clan, class, climb, clique, close the circle, closed circle, colures, come again, come and go, come around, come full circle, come round, come round again, come up again, companions, company, compass, comrades, conchoid, context, cordon, corona, coronet, coterie, countersun, course, crank, crescent, crew, cronies, crook, crowd, crown, curl, curve, cycle, demesne, department, descend, describe a circle, diacaustic, diadem, diastole, dimensions, discus, disk, division, domain, dominion, downbeat, earring, ebb, ecliptic, elite, elite group, ellipse, encincture, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, ensphere, entourage, environ, environing circumstances, environment, environs, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox, eternal return, extension, extent, fairy ring, fellowship, festoon, field, flank, flow, fob, fraternity, friends, full circle, galactic longitude, garland, gem, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, gestalt, get over, gird, girdle, girdle the globe, glory, go, go about, go around, 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, judicial circuit, junta, junto, jurisdiction, lap, 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, orb, orbit, oscillate, outfit, outposts, outskirts, 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, 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, scope, screw, series, set, shift, sink, sinus, situation, skirt, small circle, soar, society, solar corona, solar halo, solstitial colure, spell, sphere, sphincter, spin, spiral, stickpin, stir, stone, stream, subside, suburbs, sun dog, surround, surroundings, swing, swivel, systole, thesis, tiara, torque, total environment, tour, tracery, trajectory, travel, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, twine around, twist, undulate, upbeat, vernal equinox, vicinage, vicinity, vicious circle, walk, wamble, wampum, wane, we-group, wheel, wheel around, whirl, wind, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

Etymology
circulus

Noun

 * Albanian: rreth
 * Arabic: (dā’ira)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: zirkulu
 * Bengali: বৃত্ত
 * Breton: kelc'h, kelc'hioù
 * Bulgarian: окръжност (okrăžnost)
 * Catalan: cercle
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 圓圈, 圆圈
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წრე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Modern:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चक्र (chakar),
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ciorcal
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 円 (えん, en), 丸 (まる, maru)
 * Korean: 원 (won)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: riņķis
 * Lithuanian: apskritimas
 * Low German: Kring
 * Malayalam: വട്ടം (vattam), വൃത്തം (vrutham)
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: kiarkyl
 * Mongolian: дугуй (duguy)
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: diyosuun
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, (окружность preferred)
 * Sanskrit:, वर्तुल,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cruinne, cuairt , buail , ràth ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: krožnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bilog
 * Tamil: வட்டம்
 * Telugu: వృత్తము
 * Thai: (wăen)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: دائرہ
 * Vietnamese: vòng tròn
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: (dā’ira)
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръг (krăg)
 * Catalan: disc
 * Chinese: 圓, 圆 (yuán)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წრე
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, עיגול, דיסקה
 * Hungarian: körlap


 * Irish: ciorcal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 円形のもの (えんけいのもの, enkei no mono)
 * Latin:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, (круг preferred)
 * Scottish Gaelic: cruinne, cuairt , buail , ràth ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, cirkelskiva
 * Thai: (duang)


 * Armenian:, կլորակ
 * Chinese: 球, 球 (qiú)
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: წრე (ts‘re)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ciorcal


 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: (wong-glom)


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръг
 * Chinese: 弧, 弧 (hú)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: მრუდე ხაზი
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuarsgag ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (taang kóhng)


 * Armenian:
 * Breton: kelc'h, kelc'hioù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: òrbita
 * Chinese: 軌道, 轨道 (guǐ dào)
 * Danish: kredsløb
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: rata (2)
 * Georgian: ორბიტი
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: מסלול
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam: ഭ്രമണ പഥം (bhramaNa patham)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: krožnica
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: కక్ష్య


 * Arabic: (ħálqa)
 * Armenian: շրջապատ
 * Bulgarian: кръг, кръжец
 * Chinese: 圈子, 圈子 (quān zi)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: წრე
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: חוג
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: サークル (sākuru)
 * Latin:
 * Malayalam: വൃത്തം (vrutham)
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: кръжа
 * Chinese: 運轉, 运转 (yùn zhuǎn)
 * Dutch: omcirkelen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: umkreisen
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 回る (まわる, mawaru), 回転する (かいてんする, kaiten suru)
 * Polish: objeżdżać, obchodzić, okrążać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: moverse en círculo
 * Telugu: చుట్టివచ్చుట


 * Bulgarian: заобикалям
 * Chinese: 圍著, 围着 (wéi zhe)
 * Danish: omkredse
 * Dutch: omcirkelen
 * Finnish:
 * French:, encercler
 * German: umkreisen, einkreisen
 * Hebrew: הקיף
 * Hungarian: körülvesz


 * Italian:
 * Polish: okrążyć
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: omge, ringa in, ringa in
 * Telugu: చుట్టుముట్టు


 * Chinese: 畫圓圈, 画圆圈 (huà yuán quān)
 * Danish: sætte ring om
 * Dutch: omcirkelen
 * Finnish: ympäröidä, ympyröidä (draw a circle)
 * French: encercler
 * German: einkreisen
 * Hebrew: הקיף בעיגול
 * Hungarian: bekarikáz


 * Irish: ciorclaigh
 * Italian:
 * Polish: zakreślić
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: zakrúžkovať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ringa in, inringa


 * Bulgarian: обикалям
 * Chinese: 旋轉, 旋转 (xuán zhuǎn)
 * Czech: kroužit
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הסתובב
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 周遊する (しゅうゆうする, shūyū-suru)
 * Polish: krążyć, kołować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: krúžiť
 * Spanish: moverse en círculo
 * Swedish:, kretsa

Anagrams

 * cleric