CIRCULAR

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does circular mean? 

• CIRCULAR (noun)
  The noun CIRCULAR has 1 sense:

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

  Familiarity information: CIRCULAR used as a noun is very rare.

• CIRCULAR (adjective)
  The adjective CIRCULAR has 3 senses:

1. having a circular shape
2. shaped like a ring
3. marked by or moving in a circle

  Familiarity information: CIRCULAR used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCULAR (noun)

Meaning:

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

flyer; broadsheet; broadside; circular; handbill; throwaway; flier; bill

Context example:

he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Hypernyms ("circular" is a kind of...):

ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circular"):

stuffer (an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail)

• CIRCULAR (adjective)

Meaning:

Having a circular shape

Synonyms:

round; circular

Similar:

nutlike (resembling a nut in shape and size)

pancake-like (resembling a pancake in shape)

pear-shaped (having a round shape tapered at one end)

pinwheel-shaped (having the round shape of a pinwheel)

ringlike (having the shape of a ring)

roundish (somewhat round in appearance or form)

wheel-like (round like a wheel)

orbicular; orbiculate (circular or nearly circular)

moon-round; moonlike (resembling the moon in shape)

goblet-shaped (resembling the shape of a goblet)

apple-shaped (having the general shape of an apple)

ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical (having the shape of a sphere or ball)

barrel-shaped (having the general shape of a barrel)

bulb-shaped; bulblike; bulbous (shaped like a bulb)

capitate (being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip)

coccoid (spherical; like a coccus)

cumuliform (shaped like a cumulus cloud)

disc-shaped; disclike; discoid; discoidal; disk-shaped; disklike (having a flat circular shape)

Also:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Meaning:

Shaped like a ring

Synonyms:

annular; annulate; annulated; circinate; doughnut-shaped; ring-shaped; ringed; circular

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Meaning:

Marked by or moving in a circle

Synonyms:

rotary; circular

Similar:

cyclic; cyclical (recurring in cycles)