circle

circle is a 6-letter English word with 25 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
2. noun. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
3. noun. An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
4. noun. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
5. noun. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
6. noun. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
7. noun. A circular group of persons; a ring.
8. noun. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
9. noun. A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
10. noun. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
11. noun. A territorial division or district.
12. noun. To move around; to revolve around.
13. noun. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
14. intransitive verb. To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
15. noun. movement once around a course

    "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

    Synonyms: circuit, lap

16. noun. any circular or rotating mechanism

    "the machine punched out metal circles"

    Synonyms: round

17. noun. a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

    "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"

18. noun. street names for flunitrazepan

    Synonyms: roach, roofy, rope, rophy

19. noun. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

    "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

    Synonyms: rotary, roundabout

20. noun. an unofficial association of people or groups

    "the smart set goes there"

    "they were an angry lot"

    Synonyms: band, lot, set

21. noun. ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

    "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

22. noun. something approximating the shape of a circle

    "the chairs were arranged in a circle"

23. verb. form a circle around

    "encircle the errors"

    Synonyms: encircle

24. verb. travel around something

    "circle the globe"

25. verb. move in circles

    Synonyms: circulate

Synonyms

circuit, lap, round, roach, roofy, rope, rophy, rotary, roundabout, band, lot, set, encircle, circulate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in circle:

cleric

Common word forms

circled, circler, circles, circling

Words from these letters

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