Definition for Indirect:

• Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.

Synonyms for Indirect:

• adj.

  •circumstantial (adjective)
  • presumptive,
  • incidental,
  • uncertain,
  • inconclusive,
  • provisional,
  • landmark,
  • episodic,
  • inferential,
  • occasional.
  •crooked (adjective)
  • shady,
  • meandering,
  • warped.
  •derivative (adjective)
  • secondary.
  •diagonal (adjective)
  • biased,
  • Deviated,
  • bent,
  • leaning,
  • angled,
  • crosswise,
  • aslant,
  • sloping,
  • diagonal,
  • inclined,
  • slanting.
  •discursive (adjective)
  • excursive.
  •dishonest (adjective)
  • deceptive.
  •evasive (adjective)
  • casuistic,
  • sophistical.
  •in essence (adjective)
  • virtual.
  •roundabout; unintended (adjective)
  • vagrant,
  • ancillary,
  • long way home,
  • contingent,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • sinister,
  • ambiguous,
  • implied,
  • sneaking.
  •side (adjective)
  • sideward.
  •sinuous (adjective)
  • flexuous,
  • deviative.
  •subtle (adjective)
  • elusive,
  • implicit,
  • Insinuated,
  • delicate.
  •vicarious (adjective)
  • Deputed.

• n.

  •
  • ensuing,
  • thus,
  • consequently,
  • hence,
  • therefore,
  • From,
  • accordingly.
  •indirect (noun)
  • digressive,
  • sidelong,
  • askance,
  • askant,
  • circumlocutory,
  • collateral,
  • squinty,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • mealymouthed,
  • diversionary,
  • mediate,
  • discursive,
  • ambagious,
  • asquint,
  • rambling,
  • squint,
  • squint-eyed,
  • circumlocutious,
  • periphrastic,
  • oblique,
  • wandering,
  • backhanded,
  • roundabout,
  • hearsay.
  •roundabout (noun)
  • erratic,
  • auxiliary,
  • obscure,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • aberrant,
  • long-winded,
  • complicated,
  • subsidiary,
  • long,
  • twisting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • duplicitous,
  • twisty.
  •
  • lubricious,
  • shifty,
  • underhanded,
  • guileful.
  •circuitous
  • circuitous.

Paraphrases for Indirect:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    non-direct.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    indirects.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    implicit, vicarious, roundabout, collateral, intermediate, secondhand, derivative, overhead, spill-over, immediate, knock-on, non-wage, second-hand, in-kind, spin-off, straightforward, unintended, implied, First-hand, face-to-face.
  • Proper noun, singular
    spillovers, Les.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    spillover, collateral, overhead.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    circumstantial, secondary.

Antonyms for Indirect:

• adj.

  • all
    direct.
  • roundabout; unintended
    straight, straightforward.
  • Other antonyms:
    lineal, candid, undisguised, honest, primary, through, unconcealed, open.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    nominative, nominative case, parallel, perpendicular, subject case.