Antonyms for circuit
ˈsɜr kɪtcir·cuit

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 10 votes

1. circuit

   Antonyms:
   line, straightness, directness

   Synonyms:
   tour, circumference

Matched Categories

1. • Boundary Line
   • Electrical Device
   • Group
   • Journey
   • Law
   • Path
   • Racetrack
   • Travel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 6 votes

1. circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuitnoun

   an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

   Synonyms:
   racing circuit, lap, circumference, electric circuit, electrical circuit, tour, circle

2. tour, circuitnoun

   a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

   "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"

   Synonyms:
   spell, hitch, racing circuit, tour of duty, enlistment, duty tour, lap, term of enlistment, circle, circumference, electric circuit, electrical circuit, go, tour, turn

3. circuitnoun

   an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to

   "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"

   Synonyms:
   lap, electrical circuit, circumference, tour, racing circuit, electric circuit, circle

4. circumference, circuitnoun

   the boundary line encompassing an area or object

   "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"

   Synonyms:
   racing circuit, perimeter, lap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, electrical circuit, tour

5. circuitnoun

   (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals

   Synonyms:
   lap, electrical circuit, circumference, tour, racing circuit, electric circuit, circle

6. racing circuit, circuitnoun

   a racetrack for automobile races

   Synonyms:
   racing circuit, lap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, electrical circuit, tour

7. lap, circle, circuitverb

   movement once around a course

   "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

   Synonyms:
   lap, rotary, lot, roofy, set, dress circle, racing circuit, rophy, tour, roach, electrical circuit, rope, overlap, circle, circumference, electric circuit, lap covering, roundabout, band, lick, forget me drug, traffic circle, round

8. circuitverb

   make a circuit

   "They were circuiting about the state"

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ohm

   path for electricty

   Submitted by 24jthunderhawk on May 9, 2019  

How to use circuit in a sentence?

1. Achim Anscheidt:

   When you're sitting inside the car, yes it's a pure performance-driven interior, but something neat that's happening is the main display that is in front of you is a 180 degree virtual image that really is put together from the three cameras that you see put around the car. And that's the most important aspect of racing nowadays, especially when you look at a circuit like Le Mans, you need to see what's going on around the car, what's going on behind you in order to avoid over-taking accidents.

2. Gu Yongtao:

   The slump apparently triggered intensified selling, while the trigger of the circuit breaker seems to have heightened panic, as liquidity was suddenly gone and this is something no one has experienced before. It was a stampede.

3. Virginia Byers Kraus:

   We believe that an understanding of this' salamander-like' regenerative capacity in humans, and the critically missing components of this regulatory circuit, could provide the foundation for new approaches to repair joint tissues and possibly whole human limbs.

4. Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel:

   If the court here strikes down Wisconsin's statute, there would be a split between the 5th Circuit and the 7th Circuit, which could prompt the Supreme Court to take the case up. There's an expectation that the U.S. Supreme Court at some point is going to take on this issue.

5. Varun Puri:

   The lungs in the body are performing a function, they are providing oxygen to the body and they are removing carbon dioxide, they are performing gas exchange, thus there is some degree of stress on the lungs, when they are in the box or on the circuit, there is really no function they are expected to perform.

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