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Synonyms for indirect
adj roundabout; unintended- ambiguous
- ancillary
- circuitous
- implied
- incidental
- oblique
- tortuous
- collateral
- 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
Antonyms for indirect
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to indirect
allusive
adjective. suggestive
anfractuous
adjective. winding
circular
adjective. going around
circumstantial
adjective. incidental
consequent
adjective. resultant
crooked
adjective. evil, corrupt
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.