orbicular

1. 1.

   circular or nearly circular

   Synonymsorbiculate

   Similarsimple
2. 2.

   having the shape of a sphere or ball

   “a spherical object”

   “nearly orbicular in shape”

   “little globular houses like mud-wasp nests”

   Synonymsball-shapedglobalgloboseglobularsphericspherical

   Similarround

Questions about orbicular

What does orbicular mean?

orbicular means "circular or nearly circular". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orbicular?

orbicular has 4 syllables: or-bi-cu-lar. The stress falls on "bi".

What is another word for orbicular?

Close synonyms include orbiculate, ball-shaped, global, globose, globular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orbicular a common word?

orbicular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.