Indirect Synonyms and Antonyms
ĭndĭ-rĕkt, -dī-
Not taking a direct or straight line or course
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
- circuitous
- devious
- roundabout
- tortuous
- oblique
- circular
- erratic
- crooked
- collateral
- twisting
- incidental
- rambling
- secondary
- zigzag
- out-of-the-way
- anfractuous
- long
- complicated
- aberrant
- abstruse
- ambagious
- sidelong
- circumlocutory
- circumstantial
- backhanded
- obscure
- consequential
- discursive
- deceitful
- long-winded
- dishonest
- evasive
- meandering
- subsidiary
- mediate
- auxiliary
- misleading
- implied
- secondhand
- serpentine
- shifty
- sneaky
- subtle
- underhand
- vague
- vicarious
Marked by treachery or deceit
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
(Noun)
- ambiguity
- circuitry
- circumbendibus
- circumlocution
- circumstantiality
- deceitfulness
- detour
- deviousness
- duplicity
- indirection
- periphrasis
- sinuosity
- tortuosity