All indirect synonyms
inΒ·diΒ·rect
I i adj indirect
- ambiguous β If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
- tortuous β full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- incidental β happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- implied β involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment.
- ancillary β The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- circuitous β A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- collateral β Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan.
- circular β Something that is circular is shaped like a circle.
- complicated β If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- contingent β A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.
- crooked β If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- devious β If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- discursive β passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- duplicitous β marked or characterized by duplicity.
- long β having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- long-winded β talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- meandering β to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- out-of-the-way β remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
- rambling β aimlessly wandering.
- secondary β next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- serpentine β of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- sinister β threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- sinuous β having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
- sneaky β like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- subsidiary β serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- underhand β not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
- vagrant β a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
- wandering β moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
- winding β the act of winding.
- zigzag β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- long-drawn-out β lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- periphrastic β circumlocutory; roundabout.
- sneaking β acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- circumlocutory β a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- sidelong β directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- snaking β any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- twisting β a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
adjective indirect
- roundabout β circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- erratic β Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- eventual β Occurring at the end of or as a result of a series of events; final; ultimate.
- unintended β purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.
- unforeseen β to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unplanned β a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- implicit β implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
- tacit β understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- understood β simple past tense and past participle of understand.
- inferred β to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.