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circlenoun something with a perfectly round circumferencea circle of columns surrounds the memorial to the fallen heroes cirque, ring, round, roundel circlet, ringletellipse, loop, ovalball, globe, orb, sphere a circular stripa decorative circle of silver on the rim of the commemorative plate for their 25th wedding anniversary band, eye, hoop, loop, ring, round belt, cincture, collar, girdlewreathannulet, becket, coil, curl, furl, hank, spiral, spire, twirl, whorl a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together sociallygot together with her social circle once a week body, bunch, clan, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galère, gang, klatch(also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring, set charmed circle, elite, in-groupclosed shopclub, college, fellowship, guild(also gild), league, organization, societycamp, faction, sect, side, tribemess, squadbrotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sororitycommunealliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union lonerindividualist a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same orderwith the birth of a child coming so soon after the death of a grandparent, we were once again reminded of the circle of life cycle, merry-go-round, round, wheel, zodiac pattern, syndromecourse, development, progression, runbeat, circuit, loop, ringrevolution, rotation, turn, turnoverchain, sequence, series, string, succession, train a region of activity, knowledge, or influencethat lies outside the circle of our investigation area, arena, bailiwick, barony, business, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk frontierstudy, subjectterritory, turfoccupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocationambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, widthsubfield, subspecialty to form a circle aroundeveryone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible compass, embrace, encircle, enclose(also inclose), encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring, surround, wreathe circumscribe, close in, cordon (off), fence (in), hem (in), wallbeset, besiege, entrench(also intrench), invest, swarm to travel completely aroundwith a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, encircle, girdle, orbit, ring, round circumambulate, cross, perambulate, traverse in the 14th century |