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in direct
adjective as in indirect
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- circular
- circumlocutory
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
adjective as in remote
Strongest matches
adjective as in secondary
adjective as in serpentine
adjective as in side
adjective as in sinuous
adjective as in snaky
adjective as in sneaky
adjective as in subtle
adjective as in tacit
adjective as in tortuous
adjective as in tortuous
Strongest matches
adjective as in underhand
Strong match
Weak matches
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
adjective as in vicarious
adjective as in virtual
adjective as in winding
adjective as in zigzag
adjective as in euphemistic
adjective as in excursive
Weak matches
adjective as in allusive
adjective as in anfractuous
adjective as in circular
adjective as in circumstantial
adjective as in lubricious
Weak matches
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disingenuous
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- 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
adjective as in meandrous
adjective as in consequent
adjective as in crooked
Strong matches
adjective as in crooked
adjective as in deceitful
Strongest matches
adjective as in deceptive
Strongest matches
adjective as in devious
Strongest matches
adjective as in disingenuous
adjective as in distant
Weak matches
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- apart
- arm's length
- asunder
- away
- backwoods
- beyond range
- far back
- farther
- further
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- indirect
- middle of nowhere
- not home
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- retired
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- telescopic
- unapproachable
- ways
- wide of
- yonder
adjective as in evasive
adjective as in eventual
adjective as in implied
Strong matches
adjective as in indirect
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- circular
- circumlocutory
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
adjective as in remote
Strongest matches
adjective as in secondary
adjective as in serpentine
adjective as in side
adjective as in sinuous
adjective as in snaky
adjective as in sneaky
adjective as in subtle
adjective as in tacit
adjective as in tortuous
adjective as in tortuous
Strongest matches
adjective as in underhand
Strong match
Weak matches
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
adjective as in vicarious
adjective as in virtual
adjective as in winding
adjective as in zigzag
adjective as in euphemistic
adjective as in excursive
Weak matches
adjective as in allusive
adjective as in anfractuous
adjective as in circular
adjective as in circumstantial
adjective as in lubricious
Weak matches
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disingenuous
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- 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
adjective as in meandrous
adjective as in consequent
adjective as in crooked
Strong matches
adjective as in crooked
adjective as in deceitful
Strongest matches
adjective as in deceptive
Strongest matches
adjective as in devious
Strongest matches
adjective as in disingenuous
adjective as in distant
Weak matches
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- apart
- arm's length
- asunder
- away
- backwoods
- beyond range
- far back
- farther
- further
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- indirect
- middle of nowhere
- not home
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- retired
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- telescopic
- unapproachable
- ways
- wide of
- yonder
adjective as in evasive
adjective as in eventual
adjective as in implied
Strong matches
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On this page you'll find 1118 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in-direct, such as: ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, implied, incidental, and oblique.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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