Words Like INDIRECT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to INDIRECT.

8 Alternative Words Similar to indirect

1 Collateral Adjective      Synonym Words Like Collateral
2 Direct Adjective      Antonym Words Like Direct
3 Lineal Adjective      Antonym Words Like Lineal
4 Related Adjective      Related Words Like Related
5 Mediate Adjective      Similar Words Like Mediate
6 Oblique Adjective      Similar Words Like Oblique
7 Secondary Adjective      Similar Words Like Secondary
8 Sidelong Adjective      Similar Words Like Sidelong

10 examples of indirect

1 an indirect road
2 an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal
3 indirect results, damages, or claims
4 an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
5 doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind
6 known as a shady indirect fellow
7 though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest
8 an indirect insult
9 an indirect advantage
10 an indirect cause

10 definitions of indirect

1 Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous.
2 Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means.
3 Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
4 Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it.
5 Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method
6 extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
7 not as a direct effect or consequence
8 having intervening factors or persons or influences
9 not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
10 descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
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