Definition for Circuitous:

• deviating from a straight course; " a scenic but devious route"; " a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; " a roundabout route avoided rush- hour traffic"

Synonyms for Circuitous:

• adj.

  •circular (adjective)
  • cycloid,
  • round,
  • circular,
  • spherical,
  • annular,
  • orbital,
  • rounded.
  •complex (adjective)
  • meandering,
  • involved,
  • mazy,
  • involute.
  •convoluted (adjective)
  • labyrinthine,
  • twisting,
  • convoluted,
  • zigzag,
  • coiled,
  • turning,
  • whorled.
  •crooked (adjective)
  • Tortile,
  • warped.
  •deviating (adjective)
  • aberrative.
  •divergent (adjective)
  • Deviating.
  •going around, indirect (adjective)
  • back road,
  • long way,
  • complicated,
  • winding around,
  • ambagious,
  • by way of,
  • long way around.
  •sinuous (adjective)
  • deviative.

• n.

  •
  • crisp,
  • articulate,
  • discursive,
  • declamatory.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • literary,
  • transatlantic,
  • informal,
  • vague,
  • Via,
  • well-turned,
  • elliptical,
  • incoherent.
  •
  • rough,
  • formal.
  •
  • in.
  •
  • return.

Paraphrases for Circuitous:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    tortuous, roundabout.

Antonyms for Circuitous:

• adj.

  • going around, indirect
    in line, direct, straightforward, straight.
  • Other antonyms:
    honest, condensed, laconic, unconcealed, pithy, shortened, abridged, open, sententious, abbreviated, epigrammatic, undisguised.