indirect - Similar and Opposite Words

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Adjective

not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination

Synonyms

• indirect

Related

• askance
• askant
• asquint
• circuitous
• devious
• diversionary
• meandering
• rambling
• roundabout
• sidelong
• squint
• squint-eyed
• squinty
• wandering
• winding

Opposite / Antonyms

• direct

Also See

• crooked

Adjective

extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action

Synonyms

• indirect

Related

• allusive
• ambagious
• backhanded
• circuitous
• circumlocutious
• circumlocutory
• devious
• digressive
• discursive
• excursive
• hearsay
• mealy-mouthed
• mealymouthed
• oblique
• periphrastic
• rambling
• roundabout
• tortuous

Opposite / Antonyms

• direct

Adjective

having intervening factors or persons or influences

Synonyms

• indirect

Related

• mediate

Adjective

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

Synonyms

• collateral
• indirect

Also See

• related

Adjective

not as a direct effect or consequence

Synonyms

• indirect

Related

• secondary

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