What is another word for direct?
448 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ da͡ɪɹˈɛkt], [ daɪɹˈɛkt], [ d_aɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t]Synonyms for Direct:
adj.
•articulate (adjective)- articulate,
- clear,
- eloquent,
- expressive,
- fluent,
- glib,
- intelligible,
- loquacious,
- lucid,
- smooth,
- succinct,
- well-spoken.
- artless,
- blunt,
- broad,
- callow,
- candid,
- downright,
- frank,
- genuine,
- honest,
- ingenuous,
- naive,
- natural,
- open,
- outgoing,
- overt,
- plain,
- sincere,
- straightforward,
- trusting,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- undisguised,
- unpretentious,
- unrestrained,
- unsophisticated,
- Plain-spoken,
- Unartful,
- Unbeguiling,
- un-artificial,
- uncalculating,
- undeceitful,
- undeceiving,
- undeceptive.
- bald,
- blunt,
- candid,
- downright,
- express,
- forthright,
- frank,
- open,
- outspoken,
- plain,
- sincere,
- straight,
- straightforward,
- undisguised.
- coherent,
- comprehensible,
- consistent,
- crisp,
- decipherable,
- legible,
- perspicuous,
- self-explanatory,
- understandable,
- clear,
- intelligible,
- lucid,
- plain,
- straightforward.
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- chaste,
- childlike,
- crystalline,
- elementary,
- innocent,
- pure,
- refined,
- simple,
- spare,
- terse,
- unadulterated,
- uncomplicated,
- artless,
- candid,
- clear,
- plain,
- unsophisticated,
- un-artificial.
adv.
•all (adverb)adv
•dead (adverb)n.
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- precise.
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- dictate.
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- superscribe.
- address,
- aim,
- blunt,
- candid,
- conduct,
- directly,
- engineer,
- exact,
- flat-footed,
- forthright,
- frank,
- guide,
- head,
- immediate,
- lead,
- outspoken,
- plain,
- point,
- steer,
- straight,
- straightforward,
- undeviating,
- unswerving.
v.
•advise (verb)- admonish,
- advise,
- advocate,
- brief,
- caution,
- confer,
- consult,
- counsel,
- cue,
- encourage,
- guide,
- inform,
- instruct,
- notify,
- prompt,
- recommend,
- suggest,
- warn.
- administer,
- bridle,
- command,
- control,
- discipline,
- dominate,
- execute,
- govern,
- harness,
- lead,
- manage,
- order,
- oversee,
- pilot,
- preside,
- rule,
- steer,
- superintend,
- supervise.
- administer,
- advise,
- boss,
- carry on,
- conduct,
- control,
- dominate,
- govern,
- guide,
- handle,
- lead,
- operate,
- regulate,
- rule,
- run,
- superintend,
- supervise.
- head.
- bend.
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- regulate,
- straight-out.
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- bid.
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- bend.
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- turn.
- fix.
- address,
- aim,
- assign,
- bend,
- bid,
- call on,
- carry on,
- coach,
- conn,
- coxswain,
- dead ahead,
- determine,
- dictate,
- directly,
- engineer,
- enjoin,
- exact,
- express,
- fix,
- flat-footed,
- forthright,
- handle,
- helm,
- immediate,
- inscribe,
- just,
- operate,
- point,
- precise,
- present,
- regulate,
- run,
- set,
- straight-out,
- straightaway,
- straightway,
- superscribe,
- train,
- turn,
- unbending,
- Cond,
- Custos,
- Straightly,
- call upon,
- straight ahead.
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Antonyms for Direct:
adj.
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all
alternating, indirect, inverse, retrograde.
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honest
ambiguous, changing, deceitful, decorated, devious, dishonest, equivocal, indefinite, indirect, intermittent, interrupted, obscure, tricky, unclear, vague, varying, wily, Deviating.
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Other antonyms:
allusive, alternating, ambagious, ambiguous, askance, askant, asquint, backhanded, bending, bowed, circuitous, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, civil, coiled, coiling, collateral, comparative, comply, considerate, corkscrew, courteous, crooked, curled, curling, curved, curving, deceitful, devious, digressive, diplomatic, discursive, dissembling, diversionary, equivocal, erroneous, evasive, excursive, fallacious, false, hearsay, hypocritical, indirect, inexact, inhibited, inverse, laconic, long-winded, looped, looping, lying, mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed, meandering, mediate, mendacious, misleading, obey, oblique, periphrastic, polite, politic, prolix, quiet, rambling, reciprocal, relative, reserved, restrained, reticent, retrograde, roundabout, rounded, secondary, secondhand, serpentine, sidelong, sinuous, spiral, spiraling, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, submit, taciturn, tactful, tortuous, turned, turning, twined, twisted, twisting, two-faced, uncommunicative, untruthful, veering, verbose, wandering, warped, wavy, weaving, winding, wordy, yield, zigzag, Zigzagging, Twining, tight-lipped, entwined, close-mouthed.
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n. t.
abandon, allusive, alternating, ambagious, ambiguous, askance, askant, asquint, avert, backhanded, bending, bowed, cancel, changing, circuitous, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, civil, coiled, coiling, collateral, comply, consequential, considerate, corkscrew, corrupt, countermand, courteous, crooked, curled, curling, curve, curved, curving, deceitful, decorated, deflect, detour, devious, deviously, different, digressive, diplomatic, discursive, dishonest, dissembling, diverge, diversionary, divert, dog, equivocal, erroneous, evasive, excursive, fallacious, false, follow, forget, hearsay, hound, hypocritical, ignore, indefinite, indirect, indirectly, inhibited, intermittent, interrupted, inverse, keep, laconic, leave, let go, long-winded, looped, looping, loose, lying, mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed, meandering, mediated, mendacious, mind, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misleading, mismanage, obey, oblique, obscure, observe, overlook, periphrastic, polite, politic, prolix, rambling, reciprocal, related, remote, request, rescind, reserved, restrained, reticent, retrograde, reverse, roundabout, rounded, secondhand, serpentine, serve, shadow, shunt, sidelong, sidetrack, sinuous, sly, spiral, spiraling, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, submit, subtle, surrender, taciturn, tactful, tail, tailgate, take, tortuous, trail, tricky, turned, turning, twined, twisted, twisting, two-faced, unclear, uncommunicative, unfair, unjust, unsettle, untruthful, vague, varying, veering, verbose, wandering, warped, wavy, weaving, wily, winding, wordy, zigzag, Deviating, Kinked, Zigzagging, Swirled, Twining, circuitously, tight-lipped, veeringly, entwined, close-mouthed, comply with, unforthcoming, Uncandid, double-dealing, rechannel.
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