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

1 sense of oval

Sense 1
ellipse, oval -- (a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant")
       => conic section, conic -- ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)

Antonyms of adj oval

1 sense of oval

Sense 1
egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate -- (rounded like an egg)

INDIRECT (VIA rounded) -> angular, angulate -- (having angles or an angular shape)

Similarity of adj oval

1 sense of oval

Sense 1
egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate -- (rounded like an egg)
       => rounded (vs. angular) -- (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders")

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