Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oblong

1 sense of oblong

Sense 1
oblong -- (a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation)
       => plane figure, two-dimensional figure -- (a two-dimensional shape)

Antonyms of adj oblong

2 senses of oblong

Sense 1
oblong -- ((of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides)

INDIRECT (VIA simple) -> compound -- (composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads")

Sense 2
oblong -- (deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction)

INDIRECT (VIA long) -> short -- ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")

Similarity of adj oblong

2 senses of oblong

Sense 1
oblong -- ((of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides)
       => simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

Sense 2
oblong -- (deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction)
       => long (vs. short) -- (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long")

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