| round | (adjective) having the shape or form of a circle | Synonyms: circular |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, rotund |
| (adjective) (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand | - |
| (noun) (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order) | - |
| (noun) the usual activities in your day | Synonyms: daily round |
| (noun) the activity of playing 18 holes of golf | Synonyms: round of golf |
| (noun) any circular or rotating mechanism | Synonyms: circle |
| (noun) a charge of ammunition for a single shot | Synonyms: one shot, unit of ammunition |
| (noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair | Synonyms: rung, stave |
| (noun) a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time | Synonyms: troll |
| (noun) an outburst of applause | - |
| (noun) a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg | - |
| (noun) a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic) | Synonyms: round of drinks |
| (noun) a regular route for a sentry or policeman | Synonyms: beat |
| (noun) the course along which communications spread | - |
| (noun) (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive | Synonyms: bout, turn |
| (noun) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | Synonyms: cycle, rhythm |
| (adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: around |
| (verb) become round, plump, or shapely | Synonyms: fill out, flesh out |
| (verb) make round | Synonyms: round off, round out |
| (verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | Synonyms: brush up, polish, polish up, round off |
| (verb) express as a round number | Synonyms: round down, round off, round out |
| (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialise, labialize |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, snipe |
| (verb) wind around; move along a circular course | - |
| roundabout | (adjective) deviating from a straight course | Synonyms: circuitous, devious |
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| (adjective) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | Synonyms: circuitous |
| (noun) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | Synonyms: circle, rotary, traffic circle |
| (noun) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement | Synonyms: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig |
| rounded | (adjective) curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged | - |
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| roundedness | (noun) the property possessed by a rounded convexity | Synonyms: bulginess |
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| roundel | (noun) round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle | - |
| (noun) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third | - |
| roundelay | (noun) a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain | - |
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| rounder | (noun) a tool for rounding corners or edges | - |
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| (noun) a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | Synonyms: debauchee, libertine |
| rounders | (noun) an English ball game similar to baseball | - |
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| roundhead | (noun) a brachycephalic person | - |
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| roundheaded | (adjective) having a brachycephalic head | Synonyms: broad-headed, short-headed |
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| roundhouse | (noun) a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | - |
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| (noun) workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives | - |
| rounding | (noun) (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals | Synonyms: rounding error |
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| roundish | (adjective) somewhat round in appearance or form | - |
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| roundly | (adverb) in a round manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a blunt direct manner | Synonyms: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out |
| roundness | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular | - |
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| (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded | Synonyms: embonpoint, plumpness |
| (noun) the quality of being round numbers | - |
| (noun) the fullness of a tone of voice | Synonyms: rotundity |
| roundsman | (noun) a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) | - |
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| roundtable | (noun) a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views | Synonyms: round-table conference, round table |
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| roundup | (noun) the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police | - |
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| (noun) the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold | - |
| (noun) a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup" | - |
| roundworm | (noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Synonyms: nematode, nematode worm |
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| (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: ringworm, tinea |