Circuitous synonyms

sər-kyo͝o'ĭ-təs

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circular
Circuitous; roundabout:
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indirect (related)
Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
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complicated
The definition of complicated is someone or something that is hard to understand or something that is hard to untangle.
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roundabout
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
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devious
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
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ambiguous
Having two or more possible meanings
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crooked
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
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curved
Having a curve or curves.
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deceitful
The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
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labyrinthine
Of or constituting a labyrinth
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mazy
Not strait, zigzagging.
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rambling
Lengthy and digressive:
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round about
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
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serpentine
Evilly cunning or subtle; treacherous
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turning
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
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twisted
Mentally disturbed or unsound.
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underhand
Dishonest and sneaky; underhanded.
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wandering
That which wanders.
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winding
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
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direct (antonym)
In the line of descent; not collateral.
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straight (antonym)
Not altered, embellished, or modified:
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in line (antonym)
(Of three or more objects) Positioned in a straight line.
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oblique
The definition of oblique is slanted or tilted direction. It also refers to something that is misleading or not straight to the point.
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tortuous
Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:
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circumlocutional
Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary.
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well-trodden (related)
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Circuitous Sentence Examples

  • They moved on, taking circuitous routes back to the underground entrance in case they were being watched.

  • Those that flow directly into the lake are short, but some of the rivers of this region, such as the Cuyahoga and the'Grand, are turned by drift ridges into circuitous courses and flow through narrow valleys with numerous falls and rapids.

  • Louis VII., who now appeared, was induced by this failure to take the long and circuitous route by the west coast of Asia Minor; but even so he had lost the majority of his troops when he reached the Holy Land in 1148.

  • It is approached in a very circuitous way, either by a passage (Xaupn) leading from a side door in the main propylaeum or by another long passage which winds round the back cf the chief hall, and so leads by a long flight of steps, cut in the rock, to the little postern door in the semicircular bastion.

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