NOUN | communication | roundness, rotundity | the fullness of a tone of voice |
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attribute | roundness | the quality of being round numbers | |
attribute | roundness | the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular | |
attribute | roundness, plumpness, embonpoint | the bodily property of being well rounded |
Meaning | The fullness of a tone of voice. | |
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Example | "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" | |
Synonym | rotundity | |
Broader | tone, tone of voice | The quality of a person's voice |
Spanish | redondez, rotundidad | |
Adjectives | round | (of sounds) full and rich |
Meaning | The quality of being round numbers. | |
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Example | "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making" | |
Broader | number, figure | The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals |
Adjectives | round | (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand |
Meaning | The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular. | |
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Narrower | circularity, disk shape | The roundness of a 2-dimensional figure |
cylindricality, cylindricalness | The roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder | |
sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness | The roundness of a 3-dimensional object | |
Broader | shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
Opposite | angularity | The property possessed by a shape that has angles |
Spanish | redondez | |
Adjectives | round | having a circular shape |
Meaning | The bodily property of being well rounded. | |
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Synonyms | plumpness, embonpoint | |
Narrower | buxomness | The bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed |
chubbiness, pudginess, tubbiness, rolypoliness | The property of having a plump and round body | |
Broader | fleshiness, obesity, corpulency | More than average fatness |
Spanish | rechonchez |
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