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Synonyms for in direct
adj roundabout; unintended

ambiguous
tortuous
oblique
incidental
implied
ancillary
circuitous
collateral
circular
complicated
contingent

crooked
devious
discursive
duplicitous
erratic
eventual
long
long-winded
meandering
obscure
out-of-the-way

rambling
secondary
serpentine
sinister
sinuous
sneaky
subsidiary
underhand
vagrant
wandering
winding

zigzag
long-drawn-out
periphrastic
sneaking
circumlocutory
long way home
sidelong
snaking
twisting

Antonyms for in direct

direct

straight

straightforward

Synonyms
adj going around

oblique
round
indirect

rounded
annular
spheroid

circinate
circling
disklike

orbicular
ring-shaped

Synonyms
adj incidental

indirect
inconclusive
coincidental
concomitant

concurrent
conjectural
contingent
detailed

fortuitous
inferential
presumptive
provisional

uncertain
amplified
environmental

Antonyms

direct

Synonyms
adj resultant

subsequent
indirect
ensuing
consistent

following
intelligent
logical
rational

reasonable
sensible
sequential
sound

successive
understandable
inferable
resulting

Antonyms

originating
preparatory

beginning
causal

commencing
starting

Synonyms
adj bent, angled

curving
meandering
twisted
sinuous
winding
gnarled
curved
devious
errant
serpentine
bowed
rambling
deformed

deviating
distorted
hooked
spiral
zigzag
slanted
crippled
angular
awry
circuitous
cockeyed
indirect
irregular

kinky
lopsided
misshapen
oblique
roundabout
screwy
snaky
topsy-turvy
tortuous
uneven
anfractuous
asymmetric
twisting

tilted
skewed
warped
contorted
disfigured
agee
catawampus
incurving
knurly
not straight
out of shape
tortile

Antonyms

honest
lawful
moral

straight
untwisted
unbent

good
law-abiding

Synonyms
adj evil, corrupt

unscrupulous
deceitful
shady
dishonest
fraudulent
devious
lying

crafty
criminal
dishonorable
double-dealing
dubious
illegal
indirect

iniquitous
nefarious
questionable
ruthless
shifty
treacherous
underhand

unlawful
unprincipled
untruthful
suborned

Antonyms

ethical
moral
principled
scrupulous
frank

honest
trustworthy
truthful
aboveboard
lawful

open
straight
good
law-abiding

Synonyms
adj dishonest, insincere

duplicitous
disingenuous
hypocritical
artful
fraudulent
misleading
untruthful
deceptive
untrustworthy
underhanded
astute
clandestine

counterfeit
crafty
cunning
delusive
designing
double-dealing
fallacious
feline
foxy
furtive
illusory
indirect

insidious
knavish
lying
mendacious
rascal
roguish
shifty
slick
sly
sneaky
stealthy
subtle

treacherous
tricky
two-faced
underhand
wily
delusory
guileful
false
astucious
beguiling
deceiving
impostrous

Antonyms

real
valid
honest
reliable
truthful
frank
ingenuous

naive
sincere
authentic
forthright
loyal
trustworthy
actual

genuine
just
upright
open
faithful

Synonyms
adj dishonest

tricky
ambiguous
underhanded
deceitful
sneaky
slick
fraudulent
misleading
subtle
unreliable
disingenuous
bum
catchy

crafty
cunning
delusive
designing
fake
fallacious
fishy
foxy
illusory
indirect
insidious
lying
mock

oblique
off
phony
plausible
rascal
roguish
scheming
seeming
serpentine
shifty
slippery
sly
snide

specious
spurious
treacherous
two-faced
underhand
wily
delusory
false
astucious
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
imposturous

Antonyms

aboveboard
frank
honest
real
valid

reliable
truthful
sincere
trustworthy
forthright

genuine
true
open
upright

Synonyms
adj dishonest, crafty

fraudulent
duplicitous
wily
deceitful
sneaky
shrewd
insidious
insincere
sly

calculating
underhanded
artful
crooked
double-dealing
errant
erring
evasive
fishy

foxy
indirect
oblique
put on
roundabout
scheming
shady
shifty
surreptitious

treacherous
tricky
guileful
sneaking
faking one out
not straightforward
obliquitous
playing games
playing politics

Antonyms

honest
frank
sincere
forthright
naive

artless
trustworthy
truthful
open
fair

straightforward
direct
straight

Synonyms
adj insincere

dishonest
unfair
deceitful
artful
crooked
cunning

designing
duplicitous
feigned
foxy
indirect
insidious

mendacious
oblique
shifty
sly
tricky
two-faced

underhanded
wily
guileful
false
uncandid
unfrank

Antonyms

honest
truthful
frank
trustworthy

ingenuous
naive
sincere
just

fair
open

Synonyms
adj faraway

secluded
far-flung
remote
far
inaccessible
isolated
far-off
obscure
removed
abroad
abstracted

apart
asunder
away
backwoods
farther
further
indirect
out-of-the-way
outlying
retired
secret

separate
unapproachable
yonder
a piece
beyond range
far back
in the background
in the boonies
in the distance
in the sticks
middle of nowhere

not home
out of earshot
out of range
out of reach
sequestered
telescopic
ways
wide of
arm’s length

Antonyms

adjacent
nearby
neighboring
friendly

kind
mingling
public
approachable

close
near
sympathetic
warm

Synonyms
adj deceitful, tricky

ambiguous
unclear
deceptive
misleading
cagey
vague
cunning

devious
elusive
fugitive
greasy
indirect
intangible
lying

oblique
shifty
slippery
sly
false
casuistic
casuistical

dissembling
elusory
equivocating
prevaricating
shuffling
sophistical
stonewalling

Antonyms

honest
truthful
forthright

clear
definite
direct

ready
straight
straightforward

Synonyms
adj future, concluding

prospective
conditional
possible
consequent
ultimate
inevitable
contingent

dependent
ending
ensuing
final
hindmost
indirect
last

later
latter
overall
secondary
terminal
ulterior
vicarious

closing
endmost
down the pike
down the road
in the cards
resulting
succeeding

Antonyms

unlikely

beginning

past

Synonyms
adj hinted at

latent
tacit
implicit
unspoken
lurking
hidden
indirect
suggested
intended
indicated

involved
inferred
occult
understood
unsaid
parallel
constructive
indicative
inferential
inherent

perceptible
potential
unexpressed
allusive
undeclared
unuttered
meant
figured
connoted
insinuated

foreshadowed
symbolized
signified
adumbrated
alluded to
significative
tacitly assumed
wordless

Antonyms

explicit
stated

open
explicated

expressed

Synonyms
adj irrelevant, unrelated

farfetched
obscure
alien
exclusive
outside

abstracted
alone
apart
detached
extraneous

extrinsic
foreign
immaterial
inappropriate
indirect

pointless
removed
strange
unconnected
nongermane

Antonyms

nearby
related
relevant
likely
possible

probable
friendly
close
convenient
near

approachable
gentle
warm

Synonyms
adj derivative

dependent
subsidiary
resultant
auxiliary
subordinate

borrowed
consequent
developed
eventual
indirect

proximate
subsequent
vicarious
derivational
derived

derivate
resulting
second-hand

Antonyms

chief
first-class
first-rate

primary
important
necessary

superior
causative
source

Synonyms
adj winding; sly

meandering
sinuous
artful
convoluted
curved
circuitous
cagey

clever
crafty
cunning
foxy
indirect
shrewd
slick

slinky
snaky
subtle
supple
wily
anfractuous
curvy

meandrous
twisting
coiling
mazy
snakelike
twisting and turning

Antonyms

straight

Synonyms
adj minor; flanking

incidental
postern
oblique
roundabout
subsidiary

subordinate
lateral
secondary
ancillary
indirect

lesser
marginal
off-center
sideways
superficial

skirting
not the main
sidelong
sideward
sidewise

Antonyms

chief
important
vital

direct
straightforward
necessary

superior
major
serious

Synonyms
adj winding, twisting

crooked
curved
undulating
meandering
serpentine

circuitous
convoluted
devious
indirect
snaky

supple
tortuous
vagrant
anfractuous
curvy

flexuous
meandrous
coiling
deviative
twisting and turning

Antonyms

straight

untwisted

unwinding

Synonyms
adj winding

convoluted
indirect
meandering
serpentine

sinuous
tortuous
twisted
zigzag

anfractuous
flexuous
meandrous
writhing

entwined
twisting

Antonyms

forthright
honest

straight
unwinding

upfront

Synonyms
adj underhanded, dishonest

tricky
sly
devious
shifty
nasty
disingenuous
base
contemptible

cowardly
deceitful
double-dealing
duplicitous
furtive
indirect
low
malicious

mean
recreant
secretive
slippery
snide
stealthy
surreptitious
underhand

unreliable
unscrupulous
untrustworthy
yellow
guileful
sneaking

Antonyms

frank
honest
trustworthy

aboveboard
candid
forthright

open
straight
straightforward

Synonyms
adj nice, quiet, delicate

ingenious
faint
slight
profound
sophisticated
indirect
exquisite
attenuate

deep
discriminating
ethereal
fine
hairsplitting
illusive
implied
inconspicuous

indistinct
mental
penetrating
refined
suggestive
tenuous
thin
finespun

inferred
understated
attenuated
hairline
insinuated

Antonyms

ignorant
stupid
noisy

unsubtle
forthright
honest

hard
harsh
open

Synonyms
adj taken for granted; not said aloud

unspoken
indirect
implied
implicit
assumed

inarticulate
silent
suggested
understood
unexpressed

unsaid
allusive
inferred
undeclared
unvoiced

alluded to
hinted at
intimated
unstated
wordless

Antonyms

stated

explicit

express

Synonyms
adj very twisted

meandering
winding
convoluted
labyrinthine
circuitous
indirect

serpentine
bent
crooked
curved
roundabout
sinuous

snaky
zigzag
anfractuous
flexuous
involute
meandrous

twisting
mazy
vermiculate

Antonyms

uncomplicated
uninvolved
straight

simple
straightforward
direct

untwisted
easy

Synonyms
adj complicated

tricky
indirect
convoluted

ambiguous
cunning
deceptive

devious
involved
misleading

perverse
roundabout
involute

Antonyms

uncomplicated
uninvolved
straightforward

direct
straight
untwisted

easy

Synonyms
adj deceitful

underhanded
clandestine
concealed
crafty
crooked
cunning
deceptive
devious
dishonest
dishonorable
duplicitous

fraudulent
furtive
hush-hush
indirect
insidious
oblique
secret
secretive
shady
shifty
slippery

sly
sneaky
stealthy
surreptitious
treacherous
tricky
two-faced
two-timing
under wraps
undercover
unethical

unfair
unjust
unscrupulous
wily
guileful
sneaking
dirty-dealing
double-crossing
on the QT
on the quiet
sub-rosa

Antonyms

aboveboard
forthright

frank
honest

Synonyms
adj done or felt for, or on behalf of, another

eventual
imagined
indirect
pretended

secondary
surrogate
sympathetic
empathetic

by proxy
commissioned
delegated
deputed

substituted
substitutional

Synonyms
adj in essence

basic
constructive
essential
fundamental

implicit
implied
in effect
indirect

potential
practical
pragmatic
tacit

in all but name
in conduct
in practice
unacknowledged

Antonyms

authentic

real

actual

Synonyms
adj bending, turning

curving
meandering
crooked
tortuous
sinuous
convoluted

labyrinthine
circuitous
serpentine
involved
roundabout
zigzag

ambiguous
devious
indirect
intricate
snaky
anfractuous

flexuous
twisting
spiraling
gyrating
mazy
wriggly

Antonyms

straight
direct

untwisted
straightforward

simple
unbent

Synonyms
adj moving side to side

irregular
diagonal
rambling
meandering
crooked
serrated
inclined

twisted
undulating
oblique
winding
bent
jagged
sloping

askew
awry
devious
erratic
indirect
sinuous
tortuous

transverse
fluctuating
twisting
oscillating
snaking
crinkled
waggling

Antonyms

level
even

smooth
direct

straightforward
straight

Synonyms
adj polite

inoffensive
affected
delicate

figurative
indirect
metaphorical

mild
refined
vague

euphemious
extenuative
softened

Synonyms
adj discursive

desultory
digressive

indirect
rambling

verbose

Synonyms
adj suggestive

connotative
evocative

implied
impressionistic

indirect
inferred

remindful

Synonyms
adj winding

bending
circuitous
crooked

curving
indirect
roundabout

serpentine
sinuous
snaky

tortuous
twisted
twisting

Synonyms
adj underhand

clandestine
concealed
crafty
crooked
cunning
deceptive
devious
dishonest
dishonorable
disingenuous
duplicitous
fraudulent

furtive
guileful
hush-hush
indirect
insidious
oblique
secret
secretive
shady
shifty
slippery
sly

sneaking
sneaky
stealthy
surreptitious
treacherous
tricky
two-faced
two-timing
under wraps
undercover
underhanded
unethical

unfair
unjust
unscrupulous
wily
dirty-dealing
double-crossing
on the QT
on the quiet
sub-rosa

Synonyms
adj winding

ambiguous
anfractuous
circuitous
convoluted
crooked
curving

devious
flexuous
indirect
intricate
involved
labyrinthine

meandering
roundabout
serpentine
sinuous
snaky
tortuous

zigzag
gyrating
mazy
spiraling
twisting
wriggly