Antonyms for spherical
ˈsfɛr ɪ kəl, ˈsfɪər-spher·i·cal

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1. sphericaladjective

   Synonyms:
   round, orbicular, globular

2. sphericaladjective

   shaped like a sphere

   Synonyms:
   globular, orbicular, round

3. sphericaladjective

   (no comparative or superlative) of, or pertaining to, spheres

   Synonyms:
   orbicular, round, globular

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1. sphericaladjective

   of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere

   "spherical geometry"

   Antonyms:
   nonspherical, square

   Synonyms:
   ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, global

2. ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, sphericaladjective

   having the shape of a sphere or ball

   "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

   Antonyms:
   nonspherical, square

   Synonyms:
   world(a), planetary, globular, orbicular, global, orbiculate, worldwide, globose, ball-shaped, spheric, world-wide

How to use spherical in a sentence?

1. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   . . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky. . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed....

2. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

   Stuart Would ya look at the size of that kid's head It's the size of a planetoid and it has it's own weather system Looks like an orange on a toothpick I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik spherical but quite pointy at parts He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.

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