Direct synonyms
dĭ-rĕkt', dī-
Category:
Part of speech:
(Jazz) Designating or of a style of playing strongly influenced by bop and not combined with elements of rock, pop, etc.
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
in a bee line
Without divergence
Extending from one place to another; allowing free passage
Continuing with no interruption
To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
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To move, lead, get, put, make, compel, etc. (a person or thing) by some stratagem or scheme
indirect (antonym)
Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
devious (antonym)
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
The definition of candid is informal or natural.
Occurring at once; happening without delay:
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Direct, without intermediate stages.
Not mediated
Confined to specific persons or groups:
The definition of personal is about you, related to you or affecting you, as opposed to the outside world or to anyone else.
(Of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
Conduct means to direct, particularly a meeting or a group of musicians.
Show is defined as to bring into view, teach, or display.
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Regulate is defined as to control, direct or adjust.
To exercise the function of governing; rule
To exert or have influence on; have an effect on the nature, behavior, development, action, or thought of
To give knowledge of something to; tell; acquaint with a fact, etc.
The definition of instruct is to teach something or to tell someone how to do something.
give directions
To teach
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Deliver is defined as to bring to someone or to give birth.
To lecture is defined as to deliver a speech or to talk to someone about why he or she was wrong.
The definition of read is to use eyes or fingers to figure out what letters or other symbols mean.
To direct or aim:
To coach in or accustom to a mode of behavior or performance.
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
Focus is defined as to concentrate on something in particular. Focus is defined as to bring into view.
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To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
To add an electrical charge to (a battery, etc.)
To struggle or fight forcefully; contend:
address oneself
To direct one's effort
The definition of inscribe is to write or carve words into something, or to write a message in a book.
To classify as; call or describe, specif. in a way that stereotypes
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To give a name or title to; characterize:
straight (related)
Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
honest (related)
Characterized by truth; not false:
literal (related)
Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic:
lead (related)
To inspire the conduct of:
command (related)
Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.
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manage (related)
To succeed in coping or dealing with:
advise (related)
To offer advice to; counsel:
teach (related)
To cause to learn by example or experience:
address (related)
To write the destination on (a letter or parcel)
aim (related)
To determine a course or direct an effort:
apply-oneself (related)
try (related)
To work on something.
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undertake (related)
To undertake is defined as to manage funerals and burials.
mark (related)
To give attention to; notice:
Having no direct object. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Being without exception or qualification; absolute:
Exactly opposite; contrary.
Saying what is meant, without reservation or disguise; outspoken
The definition of pertinent is something that has a logical connection to the current subject.
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Explicitly or openly expressed or laid down:
Without conditions or limitations; absolute:
Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous:
(Architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
Authority or ability to manage or direct:
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An authoritative order or command:
(Uncountable) The condition of being directional
The state or quality of being direct.
Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; directness:
The extent or degree of incline from a horizontal or vertical position, course, etc.
A major or prevailing trend, as of thought, action, literature, or music
A material object that physically exists.
Orientation is someone knowing where they are, the direction someone is facing or the way someone tends to go.
The act of superintending; supervision
Something written above or outside something else.
Supervision is the act or process of directing a person or group of people.
In a set of bells for ringing changes, the bell with the lowest tone
The definition of a vector is a quantity that has both size and direction, or an insect that is a carrier of a disease-producing organism.
To furnish help or be of service
To address
To converge is defined as to move or come together at the same point from different places or directions.
Indeed; moreover. Used as an intensive:
To address
Without stopping; without interruption or break
To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
In a straightforward manner.
To administer the affairs of something or someone.
To write on the outside or upper part of (a letter, for example).
Supervise is to watch, direct and manage a task or someone's performance.
V. To use a forged check or instrument; to put it into circulation, as opposed to just creating the forged document.
roundabout (antonym)
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
circuitous (antonym)
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language:
wily (antonym)
Full of wiles; cunning.
dishonest (antonym)
Sir T. North
deviating (antonym)
undeviating; uninterrupted
changing (antonym)
undeviating; uninterrupted
varying (antonym)
undeviating; uninterrupted
interrupted (antonym)
Simple past tense and past participle of interrupt
mislead (antonym)
To lead into wrongdoing; influence badly
mismanage (antonym)
(Intransitive) To behave, in a management capacity, in a manner which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
neglect (antonym)
Neglect is defined as to ignore or fail to care for someone or something or fail to do something.
diverge (antonym)
(Intransitive, literally of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
misdirect (antonym)
To give wrong instructions or directions to.
retrograde (related)
Moving or tending backward:
inverse (related)
The definition of inverse is reverse or direct opposite.
(Computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
To provide with a head:
(Informal) To conduct business in an irregular or devious manner:
To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over:
Rule is defined as to have influence or authority over others.
To order (someone) authoritatively to do something, esp. by legal injunction
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
To apply is defined as to make a strong effort to do a job well.
To make submit or give in
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center
To set apart seriously for a special purpose; devote to some work, duty, etc.
To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter.
To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance:
To give a rounded form to:
To fix the order of procedure of (a series of operations, etc.)
To shepherd is defined as to herd or guide.
To act as an usher to; escort or conduct (others) to seats, etc.
To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
To establish as the highest level of performance:
To cause to come down or fall with force; knock down, as from an erect position
Straightforward; plain; frank
Direct and without evasion; straightforward:
(Sports) Of, relating to, or being a system of defense in which a defensive player guards a specific offensive player.
Carried on in full view of others; not hidden or private:
Frank; straightforward; blunt.
Straightforward; direct
Not held back for a particular person:
Frank and forthright:
(Informal) Characterized by candor, honesty, ethical behavior, etc.
The first in a group or series.
In a direct line
In a direct line
Of a debt, draft, or other financial instrument, that it is payable immediately.
In a direct line
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
With precision or absolute conformity
be at the helm
be in the driver's seat
hold sway over
hold-the-reins
over (related)
Another time; again:
words (related)
To give orders to
collect (related)
(Intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
work (related)
(Nautical) To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack. Used of a boat or ship.
start (related)
(Now Chiefly Dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle
near (related)
Closely related by kinship or association; intimate:
continue (related)
Of unbroken descent or lineage
precise (related)
With precision or absolute conformity
To act in the role of mastermind.
To plan, manage, and bring about by skillful acts or contrivance:
To form or join an activist group, especially a labor union.
To coordinate or arrange (something) so as to achieve (a desired result)
To plan, intend, or depend on.
To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
To offer for consideration:
To direct through a channel.
Alternative form of channelize.
To send a message, messenger, emissary, etc.
alternating (antonym)
That alternates
collateral (antonym)
Acting in an indirect way.
diphyletic
Having two ancestral lines of descent
Not bowed; unbent.
uncurved
Not curved.
undeflected
Not deflected.
For sending or receiving radio or sound waves in or from a particular direction
ruler-straight
straight-cut
straight-front
straight-side
pre-authorised (related)
non-direct (related)
co-badged (related)
pre-authorized (related)
in a straight line
Without divergence
Constant; steady:
In relation to length only; extended in a line
Without divergence
straight-as-an-arrow
Without divergence
zigzag (antonym)
Having the form of a zigzag
To dull the edge of (a knife, for example).
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