Definition of circle

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • circle is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • circle is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • circle is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of circle


  • an unofficial association of people or groups (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. band
    2. lot
    3. set
  • a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. rotary
    2. roundabout
    3. traffic circle
  • form or draw a circle around (verb)

    Examples

    1. encircle the errors

    Synonyms

    1. encircle
  • street names for flunitrazepan (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. forget me drug
    2. mexican valium
    3. r-2
    4. roach
    5. roofy
    6. rope
    7. rophy
  • any circular or rotating mechanism (noun)

    Examples

    1. the machine punched out metal circles

    Synonyms

    1. round
  • movement once around a course (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. circuit
    2. lap
  • a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra (noun)

    Examples

    1. they had excellent seats in the dress circle

    Synonyms

    1. dress circle
  • 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 (noun)

    Examples

    1. he calculated the circumference of the circle
  • move in a circular path above (someone or something) (verb)

    Examples

    1. the plane circled, looking for a landing spot
  • something approximating the shape of a circle (noun)

    Examples

    1. the chairs were arranged in a circle
  • travel around something (verb)

    Examples

    1. circle the globe

See definition of circle in Merriam Webster