around

Meanings

• in the area or vicinity
  • "hanging around"
  • "waited around for the next flight"
• by a circular or circuitous route
  • "He came all the way around the base"
  • "the road goes around the pond"
• used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
  • "news gets around (or about)"
  • "traveled around in Asia"
  • "he needs advice from someone who's been around"
  • "she sleeps around"
• in a circle or circular motion
  • "The wheels are spinning around"
• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  • "weighs around a hundred pounds"
• in or to a reversed position or direction
  • "suddenly she turned around"
• to a particular destination either specified or understood
  • "she came around to see me"
  • "I invited them around for supper"
• all around or on all sides
  • "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"
  • "There were trees growing all around"
  • "she looked around her"
• in circumference
  • "the trunk is ten feet around"
  • "the pond is two miles around"
• from beginning to end; throughout
  • "frigid weather the year around"

Synonyms

about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, round, some