Antonyms for in direct
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-duh-rekt, -dahy- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ- |
- aboveboard
- actual
- adjacent
- approachable
- artless
- authentic
- beginning
- candid
- causal
- causative
- chief
- clear
- close
- commencing
- convenient
- definite
- direct
- easy
- ethical
- even
- explicated
- explicit
- express
- expressed
- fair
- faithful
- first-class
- first-rate
- forthright
- frank
- friendly
- gentle
- genuine
- good
- hard
- harsh
- honest
- ignorant
- important
- ingenuous
- just
- kind
- law-abiding
- lawful
- level
- likely
- loyal
- major
- mingling
- moral
- naive
- near
- nearby
- necessary
- neighboring
- noisy
- open
- originating
- past
- possible
- preparatory
- primary
- principled
- probable
- public
- ready
- real
- related
- relevant
- reliable
- scrupulous
- serious
- simple
- sincere
- smooth
- source
- starting
- stated
- straight
- straightforward
- stupid
- superior
- sympathetic
- true
- trustworthy
- truthful
- unbent
- uncomplicated
- uninvolved
- unlikely
- unsubtle
- untwisted
- unwinding
- upfront
- upright
- valid
- vital
- warm
Definition of in direct
Origin :- late 14c., from Middle French indirect (14c.) or directly from Late Latin indirectus, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + directus (see direct). Related: Indirectness.
- As in indirect : adj roundabout; unintended
- As in remote : adj irrelevant, unrelated
- As in secondary : adj derivative
- As in serpentine : adj winding; sly
- As in side : adj minor; flanking
- As in sinuous : adj winding, twisting
- As in snaky : adj winding
- As in sneaky : adj underhanded, dishonest
- As in subtle : adj nice, quiet, delicate
- As in tacit : adj taken for granted; not said aloud
- As in tortuous : adj very twisted
- As in tortuous : adj complicated
- As in underhand : adj deceitful
- As in vicarious : adj done or felt for, or on behalf of, another
- As in virtual : adj in essence
- As in winding : adj bending, turning
- As in zigzag : adj moving side to side
- As in euphemistic : adj polite
- As in excursive : adj discursive
- As in allusive : adj suggestive
- As in anfractuous : adj winding
- As in circular : adj going around
- As in circumstantial : adj incidental
- As in lubricious : adj underhand
- As in meandrous : adj winding
- As in consequent : adj resultant
- As in crooked : adj bent, angled
- As in crooked : adj evil, corrupt
- As in deceitful : adj dishonest, insincere
- As in deceptive : adj dishonest
- As in devious : adj dishonest, crafty
- As in disingenuous : adj insincere
- As in distant : adj faraway
- As in evasive : adj deceitful, tricky
- As in eventual : adj future, concluding
- As in implied : adj hinted at
Synonyms for in direct
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- adumbrated
- affected
- agee
- alien
- alluded to
- allusive
- alone
- ambiguous
- amplified
- ancillary
- anfractuous
- angular
- annular
- apart
- arm's length
- artful
- askew
- assumed
- astucious
- astute
- asunder
- asymmetric
- attenuate
- attenuated
- auxiliary
- away
- awry
- backwoods
- base
- basic
- beguiling
- bending
- bent
- beyond range
- borrowed
- bowed
- bum
- by proxy
- cagey
- calculating
- casuistic
- casuistical
- catawampus
- catchy
- circinate
- circling
- circuitous
- circular
- circumlocutory
- clandestine
- clever
- closing
- cockeyed
- coiling
- coincidental
- collateral
- commissioned
- complicated
- concealed
- concomitant
- concurrent
- conditional
- conjectural
- connotative
- connoted
- consequent
- consistent
- constructive
- contemptible
- contingent
- contorted
- convoluted
- counterfeit
- cowardly
- crafty
- criminal
- crinkled
- crippled
- crooked
- cunning
- curved
- curving
- curvy
- deceitful
- deceiving
- deceptive
- deep
- deformed
- delegated
- delicate
- deluding
- delusive
- delusory
- dependent
- deputed
- derivate
- derivational
- derived
- designing
- desultory
- detached
- detailed
- developed
- deviating
- deviative
- devious
- diagonal
- digressive
- dirty-dealing
- discriminating
- discursive
- disfigured
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- disingenuous
- disklike
- dissembling
- distorted
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- down the pike
- down the road
- dubious
- duplicitous
- elusive
- elusory
- empathetic
- ending
- endmost
- ensuing
- entwined
- environmental
- equivocating
- errant
- erratic
- erring
- essential
- ethereal
- euphemious
- evasive
- eventual
- evocative
- exclusive
- exquisite
- extenuative
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- faint
- fake
- faking one out
- fallacious
- false
- far
- far back
- far-flung
- far-off
- farfetched
- farther
- feigned
- feline
- figurative
- figured
- final
- fine
- finespun
- fishy
- flexuous
- fluctuating
- following
- foreign
- foreshadowed
- fortuitous
- foxy
- fraudulent
- fugitive
- fundamental
- further
- furtive
- gnarled
- greasy
- guileful
- gyrating
- hairline
- hairsplitting
- hidden
- hindmost
- hinted at
- hooked
- hush-hush
- hypocritical
- illegal
- illusive
- illusory
- imagined
- immaterial
- implicit
- implied
- impostrous
- imposturous
- impressionistic
- in all but name
- in conduct
- in effect
- in practice
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the cards
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- inaccessible
- inappropriate
- inarticulate
- incidental
- inclined
- inconclusive
- inconspicuous
- incurving
- indicated
- indicative
- indirect
- indistinct
- inevitable
- inferable
- inferential
- inferred
- ingenious
- inherent
- iniquitous
- inoffensive
- insidious
- insincere
- insinuated
- intangible
- intelligent
- intended
- intimated
- intricate
- involute
- involved
- irregular
- isolated
- jagged
- kinky
- knavish
- knurly
- labyrinthine
- last
- latent
- later
- lateral
- latter
- lesser
- logical
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- lopsided
- low
- lurking
- lying
- malicious
- marginal
- mazy
- mean
- meandering
- meandrous
- meant
- mendacious
- mental
- metaphorical
- middle of nowhere
- mild
- misleading
- misshapen
- mock
- nasty
- nefarious
- nongermane
- not home
- not straight
- not straightforward
- not the main
- oblique
- obliquitous
- obscure
- occult
- off
- off-center
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- orbicular
- oscillating
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out of shape
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- outside
- overall
- parallel
- penetrating
- perceptible
- periphrastic
- perverse
- phony
- plausible
- playing games
- playing politics
- pointless
- possible
- postern
- potential
- practical
- pragmatic
- presumptive
- pretended
- prevaricating
- profound
- prospective
- provisional
- proximate
- put on
- questionable
- rambling
- rascal
- rational
- reasonable
- recreant
- refined
- remindful
- remote
- removed
- resultant
- resulting
- retired
- ring-shaped
- roguish
- round
- roundabout
- rounded
- ruthless
- scheming
- screwy
- secluded
- second-hand
- secondary
- secret
- secretive
- seeming
- sensible
- separate
- sequential
- sequestered
- serpentine
- serrated
- shady
- shifty
- shrewd
- shuffling
- sidelong
- sideward
- sideways
- sidewise
- significative
- signified
- silent
- sinister
- sinuous
- skewed
- skirting
- slanted
- slick
- slight
- slinky
- slippery
- sloping
- sly
- snakelike
- snaking
- snaky
- sneaking
- sneaky
- snide
- softened
- sophistical
- sophisticated
- sound
- specious
- spheroid
- spiral
- spiraling
- spurious
- stealthy
- stonewalling
- strange
- sub-rosa
- subordinate
- suborned
- subsequent
- subsidiary
- substituted
- substitutional
- subtle
- succeeding
- successive
- suggested
- suggestive
- superficial
- supple
- surreptitious
- surrogate
- symbolized
- sympathetic
- tacit
- tacitly assumed
- telescopic
- tenuous
- terminal
- thin
- tilted
- topsy-turvy
- tortile
- tortuous
- transverse
- treacherous
- tricky
- twisted
- twisting
- twisting and turning
- two-faced
- two-timing
- ulterior
- ultimate
- unacknowledged
- unapproachable
- uncandid
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconnected
- undeclared
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhand
- underhanded
- understandable
- understated
- understood
- undulating
- unethical
- uneven
- unexpressed
- unfair
- unfrank
- unjust
- unlawful
- unprincipled
- unreliable
- unsaid
- unscrupulous
- unspoken
- unstated
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- unuttered
- unvoiced
- vagrant
- vague
- verbose
- vermiculate
- vicarious
- waggling
- wandering
- warped
- ways
- wide of
- wily
- winding
- wordless
- wriggly
- writhing
- yellow
- yonder
- zigzag
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