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View synonyms for globular

globular

or glob·u·lous

[ glob-yuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. globe-shaped; spherical.
  2. composed of or having globules.
  3. worldwide; global.


globular

/ ˈɡlɒbjʊlə; ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. shaped like a globe or globule
  2. having or consisting of globules


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglobularly, adverb
  • globularity, noun

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Other Words From

  • globu·lari·ty globu·lar·ness noun
  • globu·lar·ly adverb
  • inter·globu·lar adjective
  • non·globu·lar adjective
  • non·globu·lar·ly adverb
  • sub·globu·lar adjective
  • sub·globu·lar·ly adverb
  • subglob·u·lari·ty noun
  • un·globu·lar adjective
  • un·globu·lar·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of globular1

1650–60; < Latin globul ( us ) globule + -ar 1

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Example Sentences

These globular masses usually contain many tubercle bacilli.

The fact that the earth was globular in form was understood by the Greek men of science.

To pass at once from a very simple to a very complex example: I affirm that the earth is globular.

I dont believe he is a man at all, but just a globular mass of conceit and unpublished matter, swathed in a college gown.

There is a rotund, porpoise-shaped globular gentleman known of these parts as 'Bim the Button Man.'

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globoseglobular cluster