CIRCUIT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CIRCUIT?

Need another word that means the same as “circuit”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “circuit” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Circuit” are: electric circuit, tour, racing circuit, circle, lap, circumference, turn, round, orbit, revolution, loop, track, racetrack, running track, course, tour of duty, rounds

Circuit as a Noun

Definitions of "Circuit" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “circuit” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place.
• The boundary line encompassing an area or object.
• A track used for motor racing, horse racing, or athletics.
• (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.
• An established itinerary of events or venues used for a particular activity, typically involving sport or public performance.
• Movement once around a course.
• A system of electrical conductors and components forming an electrical circuit.
• An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.
• A chain of theatres or cinemas under a single management.
• A complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow.
• A series of athletic exercises performed consecutively in one training session.
• A racetrack for automobile races.
• A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
• A district administered or formerly administered by travelling judges.
• An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to.
• A regular journey made by a judge around a particular district to hear cases in court.
• 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 circ.
• A group of local Methodist Churches forming an administrative unit.

Synonyms of "Circuit" as a noun (17 Words)

circle	Something approximating the shape of a circle. She was pale and rather beautiful with dark circles around deep exhausted eyes.
circumference	The boundary line encompassing an area or object. A danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe.
course	(construction) a layer of masonry. The course was less than a mile.
electric circuit	A car that is powered by electricity.
lap	The part of an item of clothing especially a skirt or dress covering the lap. The lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches.
loop	An intrauterine device in the shape of a loop. Make a loop in the twine.
orbit	One complete circuit round an orbited body. The satellite will complete one orbit every 12 hours.
racetrack	A racecourse.
racing circuit	The sport of engaging in contests of speed.
revolution	A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or centre. The industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution.
round	A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time. A round of golf takes about 4 hours.
rounds	A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic. The doctor made his rounds.
running track	The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track.
tour	(in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour.
tour of duty	A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
track	The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. The track of an animal.
turn	A place where a road meets or branches off another a turning. You gave us quite a turn.

Usage Examples of "Circuit" as a noun

• The judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district.
• Control circuits.
• The international tennis circuit.
• Circuit training.
• The maximum number of light fittings on a circuit is twelve.
• Hockenheim was a fast circuit but was regarded as one of the safest.
• The alternative cabaret circuit.
• We took a quick circuit of the park.
• A circuit judge.
• I ran a circuit of the village.
• A ten-day coach circuit of the island.
• The company also bought cinema circuits in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
• She's a familiar name on the club circuit.
• The six circuits of England and Wales replaced the old system of assizes.
• The success of any chapel or Methodist circuit depended on the minister.
• On the lecture circuit.

Associations of "Circuit" (30 Words)

arc	Form an arch or curve. His transformation provides the emotional arc of the story.
behavior	Behavioral attributes the way a person behaves toward other people. The behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments.
bulbous	Shaped like a bulb. The bulbous buttercup.
circle	Form a circle around. He paced away from her then circled back.
compass	Drafting instrument used for drawing circles. This region had within its compass many types of agriculture.
concentric	Having a common center. A universe consisting of concentric spheres or layers.
conical	Having the shape of a cone. Conical mountains.
convex	Curving or bulging outward. A convex lens.
diameter	A transverse measurement of something; width or thickness.
ellipse	A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base. The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant.
ellipticity	The degree of deviation from circularity (or sphericity).
epicycle	An epicycle used to describe planetary orbits in the Ptolemaic system.
globose	Having the shape of a sphere or ball- Zane Grey. The cells are generally globose.
helical	Having the shape or form of a helix; spiral. Helical molecules.
hemisphere	A half of the celestial sphere. The left hemisphere plays a dominant role in the comprehension of language.
homocentric	Having a common center.
mechanism	A contrivance in the plot of a literary work. The mechanism of infection.
pivot	A movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot while keeping the other the pivot foot in contact with the floor. The pivot of community life was the chapel.
radius	The bone in a vertebrate s foreleg or a bird s wing that corresponds to the radius in a human being. There are plenty of local pubs within a two mile radius.
reentrant	Pointing inward.
revolve	Treat as the most important element. The earth revolves around the sun.
rotary	A rotary machine engine or device. There is an output level rotary for overall volume setting.
rotunda	A building having a circular plan and a dome. A rotonda that exits on four roads into Greater Manila.
round	Make round. He could move quickly despite his round physique.
shaped	Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass as by work or effort. An enclosed back garden with a shaped lawn.
sphere	Enclose in or as if in a sphere. The room was littered with books maps and spheres.
spherical	Of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere. Spherical pearls.
surround	Surround so as to force to give up. He loves to surround himself with family and friends.
tour	Take a performer production etc on tour. He toured in America and Europe.
tripping	Characterized by a buoyant rhythm. A tripping singing measure.