spherical

Questions about spherical

What does spherical mean?

spherical means "of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spherical?

spherical has 3 syllables: spher-i-cal. The stress falls on "spher". In IPA it is /ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for spherical?

Close synonyms include ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular. 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.

What is the opposite of spherical?

The recorded antonyms are nonspherical.

Is spherical a common word?

spherical is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.