What are the opposite words for direct?
Direct is defined as something that is straightforward, immediate, and to the point. Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning to the main word. The antonyms for the word direct would include words like indirect, circuitous, roundabout, and meandering. Indirect means something that is not done in a straightforward manner or without any delay. Circuitous means something that takes a longer route than necessary. Roundabout means something that is unnecessarily complicated or lengthy. Meandering means something that lacks a direct course or direction. These antonyms serve to highlight the importance of being clear and concise when communicating a message or idea.
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- take
- act
- interpret
- appear
- participate
- enact
- drift
- perform
- play
- do
- impersonate
- mimic
- entertain by playing a role
- be published; perform
- manage, oversee
- put all of efforts toward
- point in a direction; guide
- act, behave
- move aimlessly
- act out; accomplish
- pretend to be another
- make sense of; define
- imitate, mock
- take part in activity
- have fun
- arrange, produce
- accept, adopt; use
- complex
- roundabout
- oblique
- side
- dishonest
- circumstantial
- complicated
- circuitous
- devious
- evasive
- honest
- indirect
- intricate
- lying
- rambling
- tortuous
- collateral
- incidental
- insincere
- knotty
- tricky
- twisted
- winding
- zigzag
- all
- going around, indirect
- indirect, secondary
- involved, intricate
- dishonest, crafty
- undeviating; uninterrupted
- evasively tricky
- deceitful, tricky
- roundabout; unintended
- complicated, elaborate
- mazelike
- slanting; at an angle
- disconnected, wordy
- minor; flanking
- very twisted
- complicated, difficult
- bending, turning
- moving side to side
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
take
- Experiencing,
- deal with,
- be aware of,
- am aware of,
- are aware of,
- art aware of,
- being aware of,
- enter up on,
- gave access,
- give access,
- is aware of,
- lets in,
- letting in,
- luxuriate in,
- luxuriated in,
- luxuriating in,
- put in practice,
- put practice,
- puts in practice,
- puts practice,
- putting in practice,
- putting practice,
- under take,
- under taken,
- under takes,
- under taking,
- under took,
- under-taken,
- under-takes,
- under-taking,
- was aware of,
- wast aware of,
- were aware of,
- wert aware of.
-
act
- be on,
- hamming,
- personate,
- put over,
- starred,
- starring,
- take part,
- Burlesqued,
- Burlesquing,
- Personated,
- Personating,
- Re-present,
- hammed,
- stooged,
- personates,
- stooging,
- taking part,
- am on,
- are on,
- being on,
- bring down house,
- bring down the house,
- bringing down house,
- bringing down the house,
- brings down house,
- brings down the house,
- brought down house,
- brought down the house,
- did a turn,
- did turn,
- didst a turn,
- didst turn,
- do a turn,
- does a turn,
- does turn,
- doest a turn,
- doest turn,
- doeth a turn,
- doeth turn,
- doing a turn,
- doing turn,
- dost a turn,
- dost turn,
- doth a turn,
- doth turn,
- is on,
- laid an egg,
- lay egg,
- laying an egg,
- laying egg,
- lays an egg,
- lays egg,
- made debut,
- make debut,
- makes debut,
- making debut,
- play act,
- play gig,
- play part,
- play role,
- played gig,
- played part,
- playing gig,
- playing role,
- plays gig,
- plays part,
- pre tend,
- pre tending,
- pre tends,
- pre-tended,
- pre-tending,
- pre-tends,
- put it over,
- puts it over,
- puts over,
- putting it over,
- re hearses,
- re present,
- re presented,
- re presenting,
- re presents,
- re-hearse,
- re-hearses,
- re-presented,
- re-presenting,
- re-presents,
- said one piece,
- said one's piece,
- said ones piece,
- said piece,
- say one's piece,
- say ones piece,
- saying one piece,
- saying one's piece,
- saying ones piece,
- says one piece,
- says ones piece,
- says piece,
- takes part,
- took part,
- tread boards,
- was on,
- wast on,
- were on,
- wert on.
-
interpret
- commentate,
- reenact,
- Imaged,
- reenacting,
- reenacted,
- commentates,
- commentating,
- reenacts,
- commentated,
- re-enact,
- de cipher,
- de ciphered,
- de ciphering,
- de ciphers,
- de code,
- de coded,
- de codes,
- de coding,
- de lineate,
- de lineated,
- de scribe,
- de scribed,
- de scribes,
- de scribing,
- de-cipher,
- de-ciphered,
- de-ciphering,
- de-ciphers,
- de-code,
- de-coded,
- de-codes,
- de-coding,
- de-lineate,
- de-lineated,
- de-scribe,
- de-scribed,
- de-scribes,
- de-scribing,
- ex plain,
- ex plained,
- ex plaining,
- ex plains,
- ex plicate,
- ex plicated,
- ex plicates,
- ex plicating,
- ex pound,
- ex pounded,
- ex pounding,
- ex pounds,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plaining,
- ex-plains,
- ex-plicate,
- ex-plicated,
- ex-plicates,
- ex-plicating,
- ex-pound,
- ex-pounded,
- ex-pounding,
- ex-pounds,
- made of,
- making of,
- para phrase,
- para phrased,
- para phrases,
- para phrasing,
- para-phrase,
- para-phrased,
- para-phrases,
- para-phrasing,
- re enacts,
- re-enacted,
- re-enacting,
- re-enacts,
- threw light on,
- throw light on,
- throwing light on,
- throws light on,
- trans late,
- trans-lated,
- under stand,
- under standing,
- under stands,
- under stood,
- under-standing,
- under-stands,
- under-stood.
-
appear
- come into being,
- am created,
- am developed,
- am invented,
- are created,
- are developed,
- are invented,
- art created,
- art developed,
- art invented,
- be created,
- be developed,
- be invented,
- became available,
- become available,
- becomes available,
- becoming available,
- being created,
- being developed,
- being invented,
- came in to being,
- came in to existence,
- came into being,
- came into existence,
- came on stage,
- came stage,
- come in to being,
- come in to existence,
- come into existence,
- come on stage,
- come stage,
- comes in to being,
- comes in to existence,
- comes into being,
- comes into existence,
- comes on stage,
- comes stage,
- coming in to being,
- coming in to existence,
- coming into being,
- coming into existence,
- coming on stage,
- coming stage,
- is created,
- is developed,
- made an appearance,
- made appearance,
- makes appearance,
- making appearance,
- play a part,
- played a part,
- playing a part,
- plays a part,
- presented oneself,
- presenting oneself,
- presents oneself,
- was created,
- was invented,
- wast created,
- were created,
- were developed,
- were invented,
- wert created,
- wert developed,
- wert invented.
-
participate
- sit in,
- co-operate,
- co-operated,
- co-operates,
- co-operating,
- engage in,
- sit on,
- associate with,
- get in on,
- join in,
- sit in on,
- associated with,
- get in the act,
- having to do with,
- sitting on,
- am a participant,
- am a party to,
- am into,
- am participant,
- am party to,
- are a participant,
- are a party to,
- are in to,
- are into,
- are participant,
- are party to,
- art a participant,
- art a party to,
- art in to,
- art into,
- art participant,
- art party to,
- associates with,
- associating with,
- be a participant,
- be a party to,
- be in to,
- be into,
- be participant,
- be party to,
- being a participant,
- being a party to,
- being in to,
- being into,
- being participant,
- being party to,
- co operate,
- co operated,
- co operates,
- co operating,
- engaged in,
- engaging in,
- enter in to,
- gat act,
- gat in on act,
- gat in on the act,
- gat in the act,
- gat on the act,
- gat the act,
- get act,
- get in on the act,
- get on act,
- get on the act,
- get the act,
- gets act,
- gets in act,
- gets in on,
- gets in on act,
- gets in on the act,
- gets in the act,
- gets on act,
- gets on the act,
- gets the act,
- getting act,
- getting in act,
- getting in on,
- getting in on act,
- getting in on the act,
- getting in the act,
- getting on the act,
- go in to,
- got in act,
- got in on,
- got in on act,
- got in on the act,
- got in the act,
- got on act,
- got on the act,
- got the act,
- gotten act,
- gotten in act,
- gotten in on act,
- gotten in on the act,
- gotten in the act,
- gotten on the act,
- gotten the act,
- had a hand in,
- had do with,
- had hand in,
- had to do with,
- haddest a hand in,
- haddest do with,
- haddest hand in,
- haddest to do with,
- hadst a hand in,
- hadst do with,
- hadst hand in,
- has a hand in,
- has hand in,
- hast a hand in,
- hast hand in,
- hast to do with,
- hath do with,
- hath hand in,
- hath to do with,
- have do with,
- have hand in,
- having hand in,
- is a participant,
- is a party to,
- is in to,
- is into,
- is participant,
- is party to,
- joined in,
- joins in,
- latched on,
- latching on,
- lend hand,
- lending a hand,
- lending hand,
- lends a hand,
- lends hand,
- lent a hand,
- lent hand,
- sat in on,
- sate in,
- sate in on,
- sate on,
- sits in,
- sits in on,
- sits on,
- sitting in,
- take an interest in,
- take interest in,
- takes interest in,
- taking interest in,
- took an interest in,
- took interest in,
- tuned in,
- tunes in,
- was a participant,
- was a party to,
- was in to,
- was participant,
- was party to,
- wast a participant,
- wast a party to,
- wast in to,
- wast into,
- wast participant,
- wast party to,
- were a participant,
- were in to,
- were into,
- were participant,
- wert a participant,
- wert a party to,
- wert in to,
- wert participant,
- wert party to.
- enact
-
drift
- dancing,
- draw near,
- kick around,
- Danced,
- Sauntered,
- Strolled,
- mucking,
- mucked,
- drawing near,
- kicking around,
- am carried along,
- are carried along,
- art carried along,
- be carried along,
- being carried along,
- draws near,
- drew near,
- go that a way,
- go that a wayed,
- go that a waying,
- go that a ways,
- go with the tide,
- go with tide,
- go-that-a-way,
- go-that-a-wayed,
- go-that-a-waying,
- go-that-a-ways,
- goes with the tide,
- goes with tide,
- going with the tide,
- going with tide,
- is carried along,
- kicked around,
- kicks around,
- was carried along,
- wast carried along,
- went with the tide,
- went with tide,
- were carried along,
- wert carried along.
-
perform
- carry through,
- perform,
- perked,
- put through,
- Perking,
- deliver the goods,
- performs,
- do justice to,
- am engaged in,
- are engaged in,
- be engaged in,
- be have,
- be haves,
- be having,
- be-have,
- be-haves,
- be-having,
- being engaged in,
- carried completion,
- carried through,
- carried to completion,
- carries completion,
- carries through,
- carries to completion,
- carry completion,
- carry to completion,
- carrying completion,
- carrying through,
- carrying to completion,
- deliver goods,
- delivered goods,
- delivered the goods,
- delivering goods,
- delivering the goods,
- delivers goods,
- delivers the goods,
- did a number,
- did justice to,
- did number,
- did to a turn,
- did to turn,
- didst a number,
- didst justice to,
- didst number,
- didst to a turn,
- didst to turn,
- dis charge,
- dis charged,
- dis charges,
- dis charging,
- dis play,
- dis played,
- dis playing,
- dis plays,
- dis-charge,
- dis-charged,
- dis-charges,
- dis-charging,
- dis-play,
- dis-played,
- dis-playing,
- dis-plays,
- do a number,
- do number,
- do to a turn,
- does a number,
- does justice to,
- does number,
- doest a number,
- doest justice to,
- doest number,
- doest to a turn,
- doest to turn,
- doeth a number,
- doeth justice to,
- doeth number,
- doeth to a turn,
- doeth to turn,
- doing a number,
- doing justice to,
- doing number,
- doing to a turn,
- doing to turn,
- dost a number,
- dost number,
- dost to a turn,
- dost to turn,
- doth a number,
- doth justice to,
- doth number,
- doth to a turn,
- doth to turn,
- go route,
- go that route,
- goes route,
- goes that route,
- going route,
- going that route,
- is engaged in,
- puts through,
- ran with ball,
- ran with the ball,
- re acted,
- re acting,
- re-acted,
- run with ball,
- run with the ball,
- running with ball,
- runs with ball,
- runs with the ball,
- take care business,
- take care of business,
- takes care business,
- takes care of business,
- taking care of business,
- took care business,
- took care of business,
- trans act,
- trans acted,
- trans acting,
- trans acts,
- trans-act,
- trans-acts,
- was engaged in,
- wast engaged in,
- went that route,
- were engaged in.
-
play
- gaming,
- kibitz,
- let loose,
- make merry,
- Disported,
- Disporting,
- Gamed,
- letting go,
- lets go,
- made merry,
- letting loose,
- pedaling,
- pedals,
- kibitzing,
- pedaled,
- idle away,
- laying money on,
- act the part of,
- act part of,
- acted part of,
- acted the part of,
- acting part of,
- acting the part of,
- acts part of,
- acts the part of,
- am a team,
- am life of party,
- am life party,
- am on a team,
- am on team,
- am team,
- amuse oneself,
- amused oneself,
- amuses oneself,
- amusing oneself,
- are a team,
- are life of party,
- are life party,
- are on a team,
- are on team,
- are team,
- art a team,
- art life of party,
- art life party,
- art team,
- be a team,
- be life of party,
- be life party,
- be on a team,
- be on team,
- be team,
- being a team,
- being life of party,
- being life party,
- being on a team,
- being on team,
- being team,
- cut capers,
- cuts capers,
- cutting capers,
- dis ported,
- dis porting,
- dis-ported,
- dis-porting,
- entertain oneself,
- entertained oneself,
- entertaining oneself,
- entertains oneself,
- go a spree,
- go on a spree,
- go spree,
- goes a spree,
- goes on a spree,
- goes on spree,
- goes spree,
- going a spree,
- going on a spree,
- going on spree,
- going spree,
- idled away,
- is a team,
- is life of party,
- is life party,
- is team,
- kibitzed,
- kibitzes,
- kick up heels,
- kicked heels,
- kicked up heels,
- kicking up heels,
- kicks heels,
- kicks up heels,
- laid money on,
- lay money on,
- lays money on,
- let one hair down,
- let one's hair down,
- let ones hair down,
- lets hair down,
- lets one's hair down,
- lets ones hair down,
- letted go,
- letted hair down,
- letted one's hair down,
- letting hair down,
- letting one hair down,
- letting one's hair down,
- letting ones hair down,
- pedalled,
- pedalling,
- play a gig,
- played a gig,
- playing a gig,
- plays a gig,
- re create,
- read a part,
- read part,
- reading a part,
- reading part,
- reads a part,
- reads part,
- take role of,
- take the role of,
- takes role of,
- takes the role of,
- taking role of,
- taking the role of,
- took role of,
- took the role of,
- was life party,
- was on a team,
- was team,
- wast a team,
- wast life of party,
- wast life party,
- wast on a team,
- wast on team,
- wast team,
- went a spree,
- went on a spree,
- went on spree,
- went spree,
- were a team,
- were life of party,
- were life party,
- were on a team,
- were on team,
- were team,
- wert a team,
- wert life of party,
- wert life party,
- wert on a team,
- wert on team.
-
do
- playact,
- acquit oneself,
- acquits oneself,
- acquitted oneself,
- acquitting oneself,
- came like,
- came on like,
- come like,
- come on like,
- comes like,
- comes on like,
- coming like,
- coming on like,
- de mean,
- de meaning,
- de means,
- de ported,
- de porting,
- de-mean,
- de-meaning,
- de-means,
- de-ported,
- de-porting,
- dis course,
- dis coursed,
- dis courses,
- dis coursing,
- dis-course,
- dis-coursed,
- dis-courses,
- dis-coursing,
- pre sent,
- pre-sent,
- pre-sents,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-duces,
- render role,
- rendered role,
- rendered the role,
- rendering role,
- rendering the role,
- renders role,
- renders the role,
- stagger along,
- staggered along,
- staggering along,
- staggers along.
-
impersonate
- act out,
- acting out,
- dittoed,
- make like,
- double as,
- pose as,
- act a part,
- dress as,
- take the part of,
- act like,
- act part,
- acted a part,
- acted like,
- acted out,
- acted part,
- acting a part,
- acting like,
- acting part,
- acts a part,
- acts like,
- acts out,
- acts part,
- assume character,
- assumed character,
- assumes character,
- assuming character,
- did an impression of,
- did impression of,
- didst an impression of,
- didst impression of,
- dittoing,
- do an impression of,
- do impression of,
- does an impression of,
- does impression of,
- doest an impression of,
- doeth an impression of,
- doeth impression of,
- doing an impression of,
- doing impression of,
- dost an impression of,
- dost impression of,
- doth an impression of,
- doth impression of,
- doubled as,
- doubles as,
- doubling as,
- dressed as,
- dresses as,
- drest as,
- made like,
- masquerade as,
- masqueraded as,
- masquerades as,
- pass as,
- pass off as,
- pass oneself as,
- pass oneself off as,
- passed as,
- passed off as,
- passed oneself as,
- passes as,
- passes off as,
- passes oneself as,
- passes oneself off as,
- passing as,
- passing off as,
- passing oneself as,
- passing oneself off as,
- played a role,
- playing a role,
- poses as,
- posing as,
- put act,
- put an act,
- put on act,
- takes the part of,
- taking part of,
- taking the part of,
- took part of.
-
mimic
- look like,
- Caricatured,
- Caricaturing,
- pantomimed,
- pantomiming,
- pantomimes,
- looked like,
- looks like,
- looking like,
- copycatted,
- copycatting,
- did like,
- didst like,
- do like,
- does like,
- doeth like,
- doing like,
- dost like,
- doth like,
- go like,
- goes like,
- going like,
- panto mime,
- panto mimed,
- panto miming,
- panto-mime,
- panto-mimed,
- panto-miming,
- went like.
-
entertain by playing a role
- act.
- be published; perform
- manage, oversee
- put all of efforts toward
- point in a direction; guide
-
act, behave
- DO.
- move aimlessly
- act out; accomplish
- pretend to be another
- make sense of; define
- imitate, mock
- take part in activity
-
have fun
- play.
- arrange, produce
-
accept, adopt; use
- take.
-
complex
- involved,
- knotted,
- mazy,
- paradoxical,
- puzzling,
- tangled,
- round about,
- be wildering,
- be-wildering,
- dis cursive,
- dis ordered,
- dis-cursive,
- dis-ordered,
- ex cursive,
- ex-cursive,
- in scrutable,
- in-scrutable,
- inter woven,
- inter-woven,
- mazier,
- maziest,
- mixedup,
- more bewildering,
- more compound,
- more compounded,
- more daedalean,
- more entangled,
- more gordian,
- more mingled,
- more multiplex,
- more paradoxical,
- more round about,
- more round-about,
- more snarled,
- most bewildering,
- most compound,
- most compounded,
- most crabbed,
- most daedalean,
- most enigmatic,
- most entangled,
- most gordian,
- most mingled,
- most mosaic,
- most multiplex,
- most paradoxical,
- most round about,
- most round-about,
- most snarled,
- multi form,
- multi-form,
- round-about,
- un decipherable,
- un fathomable,
- un-decipherable,
- un-fathomable.
- roundabout
-
oblique
- aslant,
- cater-cornered,
- on the bias,
- cater cornered,
- catercornered,
- more angled,
- more askance,
- more aslant,
- more cater cornered,
- more cater-cornered,
- more catercornered,
- more diverging,
- more inclining,
- more leaning,
- more pitched,
- more pitching,
- more sloped,
- more tilted,
- more tilting,
- more tipped,
- more turned,
- most angled,
- most askance,
- most cater cornered,
- most cater-cornered,
- most catercornered,
- most diverging,
- most leaning,
- most pitched,
- most pitching,
- most sideways,
- most sloped,
- most tilted,
- most tipped,
- most turned,
- skewest.
- side
- dishonest
- circumstantial
- complicated
- circuitous
-
devious
- Double dealing,
- detouring,
- de touring,
- de-touring,
- digressory,
- doubledealing,
- faking one out,
- mis leading,
- mis-leading,
- more confounding,
- more detouring,
- more digressing,
- more digressory,
- more obliquitous,
- more twisting,
- most confounding,
- most detouring,
- most digressing,
- most digressory,
- most obliquitous,
- most twisting,
- not straightforward,
- obliquitous,
- playing games,
- re moved,
- re-mote,
- under handed,
- under-handed.
-
evasive
- casuistic,
- casuistical,
- sophistical,
- Elusory,
- in tangible,
- in-tangible,
- more casuistic,
- more casuistical,
- more dissembling,
- more elusory,
- more equivocating,
- more prevaricating,
- more shuffling,
- more sophistical,
- more stonewalling,
- most casuistic,
- most casuistical,
- most dissembling,
- most elusory,
- most equivocating,
- most prevaricating,
- most shuffling,
- most sophistical,
- most stonewalling,
- un clear,
- un clearer,
- un clearest,
- un-clear,
- un-clearer,
- un-clearest.
- honest
- indirect
- intricate
-
lying
- fibbing,
- mendacious,
- committing perjury,
- in venting,
- in-venting,
- mis representing,
- mis-representing,
- mis-stating,
- more double crossing,
- more double-crossing,
- more doublecrossing,
- more falsifying,
- more fibbing,
- more inventing,
- more misrepresenting,
- more misstating,
- more two timing,
- more two-timing,
- more twotiming,
- most double crossing,
- most double-crossing,
- most doublecrossing,
- most falsifying,
- most fibbing,
- most inventing,
- most misrepresenting,
- most misstating,
- most two timing,
- most two-timing,
- most twotiming,
- un reliable,
- un-reliable.
- rambling
- tortuous
-
collateral
- adjunctive,
- adjuvant,
- appurtenant,
- co-ordinate,
- confirmatory,
- supporting,
- co incident,
- co ordinate,
- co-incident,
- de pendent,
- de-pendent,
- more accessory,
- more adjunctive,
- more adjuvant,
- more appurtenant,
- more confirmatory,
- more incident,
- more satellite,
- more under,
- most accessory,
- most adjunctive,
- most adjuvant,
- most appurtenant,
- most confirmatory,
- most incident,
- most satellite,
- most under,
- not lineal,
- re-lated,
- sub best,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-best,
- sub-ordinate,
- subber,
- subbest.
- incidental
-
insincere
- dis ingenuous,
- dis simulating,
- dis-ingenuous,
- dis-simulating,
- hypo critical,
- in sincere,
- in sincerer,
- in sincerest,
- in-sincere,
- in-sincerer,
- in-sincerest,
- more dissimulating,
- more put on,
- more put-on,
- most dissimulating,
- most put on,
- most puton,
- puton,
- two faced,
- twofaced,
- un faithful,
- un truer,
- un truest,
- un-faithful,
- un-truer,
- un-truest,
- un-truthful.
- knotty
- tricky
- twisted
- winding
- zigzag
- all
- going around, indirect
- indirect, secondary
- involved, intricate
- dishonest, crafty
- undeviating; uninterrupted
- evasively tricky
- deceitful, tricky
- roundabout; unintended
- complicated, elaborate
- mazelike
- slanting; at an angle
- disconnected, wordy
-
minor; flanking
- side.
- very twisted
- complicated, difficult
- bending, turning
- moving side to side
-
Other relevant words
- squint,
- comply,
- debar,
- disallow,
- follow,
- forbid,
- goose step,
- inhibit,
- jive,
- observe,
- prohibit,
- conglomerate,
- hearsay,
- interdict,
- entangled,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- crabwise,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- sideways,
- bowed,
- civil,
- coiled,
- coiling,
- comparative,
- considerate,
- corkscrew,
- courteous,
- diplomatic,
- dissembling,
- erroneous,
- evasive,
- inexact,
- inhibited,
- laconic,
- long-winded,
- looped,
- looping,
- lying,
- mediate,
- mendacious,
- polite,
- politic,
- prolix,
- quiet,
- relative,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- rounded,
- secondary,
- secondhand,
- spiral,
- spiraling,
- submit,
- taciturn,
- tactful,
- turned,
- turning,
- twined,
- uncommunicative,
- untruthful,
- veering,
- verbose,
- warped,
- wavy,
- weaving,
- wordy,
- yield,
- zigzag,
- Zigzagging,
- Twining,
- tight-lipped,
- entwined,
- close-mouthed.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
