Synonyms of the word convex


CONVEXBELL-SHAPED - BICONVEX - BROKEN-BACKED - BULGING - GIBBOSE - GIBBOUS - HOGGED - LENTICULAR - LENTIFORM - PLANOCONVEX - PROTRUSIVE - UMBELLATE

convex

  • adj. curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle.
  • adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line…
  • adj. (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
  • adj. (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which…
  • n. Any convex body or surface.

bell-shaped

  • adj. Having a shape or cross-section like the cross-section of a bell.

biconvex

  • adj. Having both sides convex.

broken-backed

  • adj. Having a broken back.
  • adj. (nautical, of a ship) Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine.
  • adj. Decrepit, weakened.

bulging

  • v. present participle of bulge.
  • n. The act of something that bulges.

gibbose

  • adj. humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations.

gibbous

  • adj. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
  • adj. (astronomy) Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
  • adj. Humpbacked.

hogged

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of hog.
  • adj. (nautical) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.

lenticular

  • adj. Of or pertaining to a lens.
  • adj. Shaped like a biconvex lens.
  • adj. Relating to a lenticular image.
  • n. A lenticular image.
  • n. A lenticular galaxy.

lentiform

  • adj. Shaped like a lens.

planoconvex

  • adj. (optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.

protrusive

  • adj. that protrudes; protruding.
  • adj. rather conspicuous; obtrusive.

umbellate

  • adj. Having umbels.

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