Circuitous synonyms
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Part of speech:
indirect (related)
Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
Circuitous; roundabout:
The definition of complicated is someone or something that is hard to understand or something that is hard to untangle.
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
Having two or more possible meanings
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The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
Of or constituting a labyrinth
Not strait, zigzagging.
Lengthy and digressive:
round about
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
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Evilly cunning or subtle; treacherous
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
Mentally disturbed or unsound.
Dishonest and sneaky; underhanded.
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
direct (antonym)
In the line of descent; not collateral.
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straight (antonym)
Not altered, embellished, or modified:
in line (antonym)
(Of three or more objects) Positioned in a straight line.
The definition of oblique is slanted or tilted direction. It also refers to something that is misleading or not straight to the point.
Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:
circumlocutional
Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary.
well-trodden (related)
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Find another word for circuitous. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for circuitous, like: indirect, circular, complicated, roundabout, devious, meandering, ambiguous, crooked, curved, deceitful and labyrinthine.
