Definition for Gibbous:

• GIBBOUSNESS.

Synonyms for Gibbous:

• adj.

  •asymmetrical (adjective)
  • crooked,
  • disproportional,
  • unbalanced,
  • lacking correspondence,
  • unequal,
  • awry,
  • unsymmetrical,
  • not proportionate,
  • not uniform.
  •convex (adjective)
  • biconvex,
  • raised,
  • bulgy,
  • Bulged,
  • bulgier,
  • bent,
  • outcurved,
  • arched,
  • protuberant,
  • Bi-Convex.
  •projecting (adjective)
  • jutting,
  • salient,
  • prominent,
  • conspicuous,
  • Extruding,
  • protruding,
  • proud.
  •sticking out (adjective)
  • projecting.
  •stooped (adjective)
  • leaning.

• n.

  •gibbous (noun)
  • unfit,
  • hunchback.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • asymmetrical,
  • beetling,
  • bulging,
  • convex,
  • prognathous,
  • stooped.
  •n.
  • crookback,
  • crookbacked,
  • gibbose,
  • humpbacked,
  • humped,
  • hunchbacked,
  • kyphotic.

Antonyms for Gibbous:

• adj.

  • bulging
    contracting.
  • convex
    concave, depressed, sinking.
  • Other antonyms:
    fit.

Gibbous Sentence Examples:

• When near opposition the full disc of the planet is visible, but at all other times it is gibbous, and approaches nearest to that of a half - moon when at the quadratures.