long way home

ADJECTIVE

indirect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous ancillary circuitous implied incidental oblique tortuous

STRONG

collateral

WEAK

circular circumlocutory complicated contingent crooked devious discursive duplicitous erratic eventual long 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

STRONGEST

direct straight straightforward

Example Sentences

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I decided to take the long way home from Honolulu for an upcoming column.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"The route past this house was a long way home," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The other day, driving the long way home, my hands on the steering wheel, I became aware, for the first time, of the absence of my lifelong anxiety.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

She knew what they had been through, what it was like to take the long way home to avoid gangs, what it was like when the family strained to make ends meet.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2015

It had worked hard at the syrup factory, and then it had marched a long way home in the cold.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

long way home

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