Synonyms for circular
ˈsɜr kyə lərcir·cu·lar

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1. circular

   Synonyms:
   round, spherical

   Antonyms:
   lineal, direct

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1. circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwawayadjective

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

   "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"

   Synonyms:
   bank bill, handbill, bank note, throwaway, tirade, measure, philippic, pecker, airman, posting, greenback, neb, peak, banknote, invoice, eyeshade, vizor, beak, broadsheet, flier, broadside, street arab, bill, banker's bill, government note, card, aeronaut, aviator, notice, gamin, visor, poster, billhook, placard, flyer, account, nib, note

   Antonyms:
   noncyclic, noncyclical

2. round, circularadjective

   having a circular shape

   Synonyms:
   round, rotary, orotund, pear-shaped, orbitual, rotund

   Antonyms:
   noncyclic, noncyclical

3. circular, rotary, orbitualadjective

   describing a circle; moving in a circle

   "the circular motion of the wheel"

   Synonyms:
   round, rotary, orbitual

   Antonyms:
   noncyclical, noncyclic

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1. circularadjective

   Synonyms:
   round, annular, ring-shaped

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1. List of paraphrases for "circular":

   circulars, bulletin, pie, circulaire, circulate, move, notice, bulletins, circumferential, flyers, handbills, flyer

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How to use circular in a sentence?

1. Colin Devey:

   These were very, very circular, which is strange, they usually look like cow flops.

2. Barack Obama:

   One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, Uh, Im sorry, this is how its going to be, and then we start sometimes creating whats called a circular firing squad, where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues.

3. Michael Kobori:

   We’ve been asking, ‘ how do we begin to engage consumers with understanding the way they impact the environment ? ’ now we are ready to begin the next step, of recycling clothing when no longer in use. We are setting our sights on that broader ‘ clothes loop ’ of how do we support a more circular economy for apparel ?

4. Lisa Jackson:

   We need more R&D if we are going to realize the idea of a circular economy in electronics.

5. Robin Green:

   Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.