elliptical
The word “elliptical” has 4 syllables: el-lip-ti-cal
It's pronounced as /ɪˈlɪptɪkəl/
What is synonym and antonym for elliptical?
In the thesaurus, “elliptical” has 131 synonyms and 58 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for elliptical along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for elliptical
- Delphic
- abbreviated
- abridged
- abrupt
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- aphoristic
- apothegmatic
- arcane
- baffling
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- bewildering
- blunt
- brief
- brusk
- brusque
- capsule
- circuitous
- cloaked
- clouded
- cloudy
- compact
- compendious
- complex
- complicated
- concealed
- concise
- condensed
- confounding
- confusing
- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- curtailed
- dark
- deep
- difficult
- dim
- disguised
- double-edged
- eerie
- eery
- egg-shaped
- ellipsoidal
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- epigrammatic
- equivocal
- esoteric
- faint
- foggy
- fuliginous
- fuzzy
- hazy
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- indecipherable
- indefinite
- indirect
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- inscrutable
- intangible
- invisible
- laconic
- masked
- meaningful
- meaty
- misty
- monosyllabic
- muddy
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystifying
- nebulous
- noncommittal
- obfuscatory
- oblong
- obnubilated
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscure
- obtuse
- occult
- opaque
- oval
- ovate
- ovoid
- ovoidal
- perplexing
- pithy
- puzzling
- questionable
- recondite
- roundabout
- sententious
- shaded
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- short
- shortened
- shrouded
- significant
- snippety
- snippy
- sphinxlike
- substantial
- succinct
- summary
- telegraphic
- terse
- thumbnail
- unanswerable
- uncanny
- uncertain
- unclear
- undefined
- undetermined
- unfathomable
- unknowable
- vague
- weird
- well-turned
Antonyms for elliptical
- accessible
- appreciable
- blatant
- bright
- certain
- circuitous
- circumlocutory
- clear
- comprehensible
- defined
- definite
- determined
- diffuse
- direct
- distinct
- embellished
- embroidered
- enlarged
- evident
- exact
- exaggerated
- expanded
- explicit
- fathomable
- firm
- inflated
- intelligible
- knowable
- legible
- long-winded
- nonambiguous
- obvious
- palpable
- patent
- pellucid
- plain
- pleonastic
- prolix
- rambling
- redundant
- repetitious
- self-evident
- self-explanatory
- straightforward
- strong
- supplemented
- sure
- tangible
- tautological
- tautologous
- unambiguous
- understandable
- unequivocal
- unmistakable
- verbose
- visible
- windy
- wordy
Meanings of elliptical
- noun
- An elliptical galaxy.
- An elliptical trainer.
- adjective
- In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
- Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
- (of speech) Concise, condensed.
- Elliptic.
Example Sentences
- The elliptical orbit of the planet was explained in the astronomy lecture.
- The elliptical shape of the running track made it ideal for training.
- The artist used elliptical strokes to create a sense of movement in the painting.
- She gave an elliptical response, leaving much of the question unanswered.
- The diagram showed an elliptical path that the satellite followed around Earth.
On this page you'll find 189 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elliptical, such as: Delphic, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, abstruse, accessible, ambiguous.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
laconic
- abbreviated
- abridged
- abrupt
- aloof
- aphoristic
- apothegmatic
- backward
- bashful
- blunt
- breviloquent
- brief
- brusk
- brusque
- capsule
- closemouthed
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- coy
- crisp
- curt
- curtailed
- demure
- diffident
- dumb
- elliptic
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- indrawn
- inhibited
- introverted
- meaningful
- meaty
- modest
- monosyllabic
- pithy
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-effacing
- sententious
- sheepish
- short
- short and sweet
- shortened
- significant
- silent
- snippety
- snippy
- sober
- staid
- substantial
- succinct
- summary
- taciturn
- telegraphic
- terse
- thumbnail
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- well-turned
zigzagged
- aberrant
- amorphous
- asymmetrical
- avoided
- bent
- broken
- cockeyed
- craggy
- crooked
- deflected
- devious
- disproportionate
- dodged
- ducked
- eccentric
- elliptic
- elliptical
- eluded
- escaped
- evaded
- hilly
- jagged
- jinked
- lopsided
- lumpy
- meandering
- not uniform
- notched
- off-balance
- off-center
- out of proportion
- parried
- pitted
- protuberant
- rough
- scarred
- serrate
- serrated
- shirked
- sidestepped
- skirted
- slalomed
- slid
- slipped
- turned
- unaligned
- unbalanced
- unequal
- unsymmetrical
- variable
- weaved
- wobbly
dark
- Cimmerian
- Delphian
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- anagogic
- analphabetic
- aphotic
- arcane
- artless
- atramentous
- atrocious
- bad
- baffling
- banned
- barred
- base
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- benighted
- bewildering
- black
- blackish
- blackness
- blackout
- blamable
- blameworthy
- bleak
- blue
- brainless
- brownout
- brunet
- brunette
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- callow
- candlelight
- censurable
- cheerless
- chill
- cimmerian
- circuitous
- clandestine
- cloaked
- close
- closemouthed
- clouded
- cloudiness
- cloudy
- cold
- colorless
- comfortless
- complex
- complicated
- concealed
- concealment
- condemned
- confounding
- confusing
- contemptible
- corrupt
- covert
- crepuscular
- cruel
- cryptic
- cursed
- curst
- cussed
- damnable
- darkened
- darkening
- darkish
- darkling
- darkness
- darksome
- dead of night
- debased
- debauched
- deep
- defiling
- degenerate
- dejected
- denseness
- depraved
- depressed
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- desperate
- despicable
- despondent
- difficult
- dim
- dimmed
- dimness
- dimout
- dingy
- dire
- dirty
- disallowed
- discomfiting
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- discouraging
- discreet
- disguised
- disheartening
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- dismal
- dismaying
- dispiriting
- disreputable
- dissolute
- distressful
- distressing
- doleful
- double-edged
- dour
- down
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- dreich
- droopy
- dull
- dulled
- dullness
- dulness
- dumb
- dun
- dusk
- dusky
- eerie
- eery
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- elliptic
- elliptical
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- errant
- erring
- esoteric
- evening
- evil
- evil-minded
- execrable
- faint
- faintness
- fallen
- fogginess
- foggy
- foolish
- forbidden
- forbidding
- foreboding
- forlorn
- foul
- frowning
- fuliginous
- functionally illiterate
- funereal
- furtive
- fuzzy
- gloaming
- gloom
- gloominess
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grayness
- green
- grey
- grim
- half-light
- hangdog
- haziness
- hazy
- hellish
- hopeless
- horrible
- hugger-mugger
- idiotic
- idiotical
- ignoble
- ignorant
- ill
- ill-lighted
- illegal
- illiterate
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- immoral
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- improper
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- inconsolable
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecipherable
- indecorous
- indefinite
- indirect
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexperienced
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- infamous
- infernal
- iniquitous
- inky
- innocent
- innumerate
- inscrutability
- inscrutable
- intangible
- interdicted
- intricate
- invisible
- joyless
- knotty
- lackluster
- lamentable
- leaden
- libertine
- lightless
- lonely
- lonesome
- loose
- louring
- loury
- lousy
- low
- low-minded
- lowbrow
- lowering
- lowery
- lugubrious
- lurid
- masked
- mean
- melancholic
- melancholy
- menacing
- midnight
- mirthless
- miserable
- mistiness
- misty
- moonless
- morbid
- moronic
- morose
- mournful
- muddy
- murk
- murkiness
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- mystifying
- naive
- nasty
- naughty
- nebulous
- nefarious
- negative
- night
- nightfall
- nighttime
- noncommittal
- nonliterate
- not known
- noxious
- obfuscatory
- obfuscous
- objectionable
- obnubilated
- obscene
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscure
- obscured
- obscurity
- obtuse
- occult
- offensive
- ominous
- opaque
- oppressive
- outlawed
- overcast
- pale
- paleness
- pernicious
- perplexing
- perverted
- pessimistic
- pestilential
- philistine
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- plaintive
- plutonian
- prohibited
- proscribed
- prudent
- puzzling
- questionable
- quiet
- raw
- rayless
- recondite
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- reserved
- reticent
- rotten
- roundabout
- rude
- sad
- saturnine
- scowling
- scrofulous
- seclusion
- secrecy
- secret
- secretive
- semidarkness
- semiliterate
- senseless
- sepulchral
- shade
- shaded
- shadiness
- shadowlike
- shadows
- shadowy
- shady
- shrouded
- sick
- silent
- silly
- simple
- sinful
- sinister
- smoggy
- sneak
- sneaky
- snide
- solemn
- somber
- somberness
- sombre
- sooty
- sordid
- sorrowful
- soupy
- sphinxlike
- starless
- stealthy
- stupid
- stygian
- sulky
- sullen
- sunless
- surreptitious
- swart
- swarthy
- taciturn
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- thickness
- threatening
- tight-lipped
- tight-mouthed
- twilight
- twilit
- ugly
- umbra
- umbrage
- unanswerable
- unauthorized
- unbecoming
- uncanny
- uncertain
- unclean
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- undefined
- undercover
- underhand
- underhanded
- undetermined
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- unethical
- unfathomable
- ungodly
- unhappy
- unhealthy
- uninstructed
- unknowable
- unknowledgeable
- unlawful
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unlighted
- unlit
- unprincipled
- unpropitious
- unread
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- unschooled
- unscrupulous
- unseemly
- unskilled
- unsophisticated
- untaught
- untrained
- untutored
- unwholesome
- upsetting
- vague
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- weird
- wicked
- witching hour
- witless
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- wrong
oblong
- annular
- balled
- big
- biggish
- bulbous
- circular
- considerable
- curved
- cylindric
- cylindrical
- disciform
- discoid
- discoidal
- disklike
- egg-shaped
- ellipsoidal
- elliptic
- elliptical
- elongate
- elongated
- extended
- extensive
- far-reaching
- global
- globular
- hefty
- hooplike
- hulking
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- large
- largish
- lengthy
- long
- longish
- looped
- outstretched
- oval
- ovaliform
- ovaloid
- ovate
- ovated
- overscale
- overscaled
- oversize
- oversized
- ovoid
- ovoidal
- rectangular
- ringlike
- rotund
- round
- rounded
- roundish
- sizable
- sizeable
- spherical
- spiral
- substantial
- super
obnubilated
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- arcane
- baffling
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- bewildering
- cloaked
- clouded
- cloudy
- concealed
- confounding
- confusing
- cryptic
- dark
- deep
- dim
- disguised
- double-edged
- eerie
- eery
- elliptic
- elliptical
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- esoteric
- faint
- foggy
- fuliginous
- fuzzy
- hazy
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- indecipherable
- indefinite
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- inscrutable
- intangible
- invisible
- masked
- misty
- muddy
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystifying
- nebulous
- noncommittal
- obfuscatory
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscure
- occult
- opaque
- perplexing
- puzzling
- questionable
- recondite
- shaded
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shrouded
- sphinxlike
- unanswerable
- uncanny
- uncertain
- unclear
- undefined
- undetermined
- unfathomable
- unknowable
- vague
- weird