Direct
Antonyms of DIRECT
- devious, Twining, alternating, varying, courteous, misdirect, tight-lipped, relative, surrender, unsettle, indefinite, submit, inhibited, decorated, tricky, lying, ambiguous, close-mouthed, give up, untruthful, erroneous, turned, coiled, quiet, secondhand, long-winded, diverge, looped, entwined, comparative, twined, warped, mediate, uncommunicative, dissembling, polite, diplomatic, dishonest, misguide, different, Deviating, reserved, take, zigzag, equivocal, politic, reticent, inverse, indirect, unclear, mismanage, serve, bowed, yield, abandon, vague, retrograde, mendacious, coiling, leave, wordy, civil, interrupted, obey, corkscrew, prolix, spiraling, verbose, mislead, forget, Zigzagging, rounded, spiral, intermittent, restrained, let go, wavy, obscure, corrupt, weaving, considerate, wily, inexact, secondary, turning, looping, overlook, ignore, changing, unfair, veering, taciturn, laconic, tactful, unjust, deceitful, follow, neglect, evasive.
Examples of usage:
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I was shown direct to the Captain's office and as he received me, I noticed that he was in a rather excited frame of mind. "The Secrets of the German War Office" by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves
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Henry was angry, and went direct to Grotait about it. "Put Yourself in His Place" by Charles Reade
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His attack upon her heart was direct and unhalting. "In the Heart of a Fool" by William Allen White