ROUNDNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does roundness mean?
• ROUNDNESS (noun)
The noun ROUNDNESS has 4 senses:
1. the fullness of a tone of voice
2. the quality of being round numbers
3. the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
4. the bodily property of being well rounded
Familiarity information: ROUNDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ROUNDNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The fullness of a tone of voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
roundness; rotundity
Context example:
there is a musky roundness to his wordiness
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
tone; tone of voice (the quality of a person's voice)
Meaning:
The quality of being round numbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roundness"):
globosity; globularness; rotundity; rotundness; sphericalness; sphericity (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)
cylindricality; cylindricalness (the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder)
circularity; disk shape (the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure)
Antonym:
angularity (the property possessed by a shape that has angles)
Meaning:
The bodily property of being well rounded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
embonpoint; plumpness; roundness
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
corpulency; fleshiness; obesity (more than average fatness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roundness"):
chubbiness; pudginess; rolypoliness; tubbiness (the property of having a plump and round body)
buxomness (the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed)
