Gibbous Synonyms

gĭbəs
Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. crookback
  2. crookbacked
  3. humped
  4. bunchbacked
  5. humpbacked
  6. hunchbacked
  7. kyphotic
(used of the moon) more than half full
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gibbose

Gibbous Sentence Examples

  • The first week after full, it is called waning gibbous.

  • An image of the gibbous moon taken on January 14th 2001 at approx.

  • In Valeriana, Antirrhinum and Corydalis, the spur is very short, and the corolla or petal is said to be gibbous, or saccate, at the base.