curved

Examples

• All

• I sat beside Allen at the outside of a curved table.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Mason sat back, slid his fingers down the curved edge of the wooden table between us.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Because the distance over the curved surface of the wing is longer.

  Academic text (2012)

• There seemed to be a curved drop of concrete in front of them.

  Academic text (2007)

• The first one is made of curved little tubes.

• We shaped it with our hands until it was as curved and smooth as the side of a bottle.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It's about two klicks a long, curved road going away.

  The Cure (2020)

• The paintings would be hung across the curved walls of two egg shaped rooms.

• The Institute occupied the central high-rise building, a curved, concrete monolith looming above the Illinois plains like a modern Stonehenge.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The architect designed a beautiful building with curved windows that let in natural light.

Synonyms

B

bent

vscurved

68 1.0

Not straight in shape because it was pushed or folded

is the neutral description of a smooth nonangular form

R

rounded

vscurved

45 2.4

Having a smooth, curved shape with no sharp points

emphasizes smooth continuous form without suggesting a near-circle shape

A

arched

vscurved

13 3.2

Having a curved top like a bridge or window

is the more general name for smooth nonangular shapes

C

curving

vscurved

11 2.5

Bending in a smooth rounded line instead of being straight

refers to the general nonangular shape rather than a single arc

C

curvy

vscurved

4 2.8

Having smooth rounded shapes or lines

is neutral, describing simple smooth form without style connotations

C

curvilinear

vscurved

1 7.9

Having curved lines

is about general smooth surfaces rather than line type

A

arcuate

vscurved

1 9.8

Curved like the top of a bridge or window

covers general nonangular shapes, not only arch-like forms

A

arc-like

vscurved

1 4.3

Shaped like a smooth curved part of a circle

is broader, including many smooth forms beyond simple arcs

C

curviform

vscurved

1 8.1

Having a curved shape

is the neutral term for any continuous nonangular surface

C

curvilineal

vscurved

8.5

Having curved lines instead of straight ones

applies more widely to any nonangular form not only lines

Antonyms

S

straight

386 1.0

In a direct line without curves or bends

A

angular

17 3.8

Having sharp corners and straight lines rather than smooth curves

Compounds

C

curved shape

2 1.9

A form that bends smoothly without sharp angles, like a rainbow

How Curved

hooked

7 3.3

arched

13 3.2

curved

50 1.0

bent

68 1.0

straight

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology