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Definitions

ringed

[ringd] / rɪŋd /
ADJECTIVE
annular
Synonyms
WEAK
annulate annulated circular globular ring-shaped rounded spherical
ADJECTIVE
bounded
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belted bordered surrounded
STRONG
circumscribed compassed defined delimited edged encircled enclosed encompassed enveloped fenced flanked fringed girdled hedged hog-tied restricted rimmed walled
WEAK
boundaried contiguous definite determinate finite limitary
Antonyms
WEAK
free loose unbounded unconfined unlimited
ADJECTIVE
engaged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
committed hooked matched
STRONG
affianced betrothed bound contracted intended pinned pledged plighted steady
WEAK
asked for future given one's word going steady spoken for
Antonyms
WEAK
available disengaged inoperable not working uninvolved
ADJECTIVE
globoid
Synonyms
WEAK
annular arced arched arciform bent bowed bulbous circular coiled curled curved curvilinear cylindrical discoid disk-shaped domical egg-shaped elliptical globose globular looped orbed orbicular orbiculate oval rotund
ADJECTIVE
globular
Synonyms
WEAK
annular arced arched arciform bent bowed bulbous circular coiled curled curved curvilinear cylindrical discoid disk-shaped domical egg-shaped elliptical globoid globose looped orbed orbicular orbiculate oval rotund rounde
ADJECTIVE
plighted
Synonyms
STRONG
affianced betrothed bound committed contracted hooked intended matched pinned pledged steady
WEAK
asked for future given one's word going steady spoken for
ADJECTIVE
round
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bulbous curled curved cylindrical elliptical oval rounded spherical
STRONG
arced arched bent bowed circular coiled looped orbed spheroid spiral
WEAK
annular arciform curvilinear discoid disk-shaped domical egg-shaped globose globular orbicular orbiculate rotund
Antonyms
STRONG
straight
WEAK
deceitful dishonest inadequate incomplete indirect lacking low small soft tiny unfinished weak
ADJECTIVE
spheric
Synonyms
WEAK
annular arced arched arciform bent bowed bulbous circular coiled curled curved curvilinear cylindrical discoid disk-shaped domical egg-shaped elliptical globoid globose globular looped orbed orbicular orbiculate oval rotund rounded spherical spheroid spiral
ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
STRONG
enclosed encompassed enveloped fenced hedged
WEAK
fenced in
Antonyms
WEAK
agape free unfenced

Example Sentences

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Children play on a carpet of mud, ringed by fences, walls and watch towers.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Austrian ski legend Franz Klammer were keen onlookers as a crowd of thousands ringed the finish area.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

This week it was ringed by a fence emblazoned with the words “Empowering fresh starts together.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The Al Hol detention facility, a dusty and overcrowded complex ringed by barbed-wire fencing, sits about 20 miles east of Al Sina prison near the border with Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

They had taken away her physics books and the piles of dusty spiral pads full of lecture notes that had ringed her room, and she was confined to grounds again.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.