Need another word that means the same as “indirect”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “indirect” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Indirect” are: collateral, incidental, accidental, unintended, secondary, subordinate, ancillary, concomitant, accompanying, contingent, resulting, resultant, consequential, derived, derivative, roundabout, circuitous, deviant, divergent, wandering, meandering, serpentine, winding, curving, tortuous, zigzag, oblique, inexplicit
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “indirect” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
accidental | Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. The character s motives remain accidental to the plot. |
accompanying | Following or accompanying as a consequence. The accompanying documentation. |
ancillary | Furnishing added support. Paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16. |
circuitous | Deviating from a straight course. The canal followed a circuitous route. |
collateral | Accompany, concomitant. Collateral evidence. |
concomitant | Occurring with or following as a consequence. Concomitant with his obsession with dirt was a desire for order. |
consequential | Following as a result or effect. A loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds. |
contingent | Possible but not certain to occur. That men are living creatures is a contingent fact. |
curving | Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend. |
derivative | Resulting from or employing derivation. A derivative process. |
derived | Formed or developed from something else; not original. The belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived. |
deviant | Homosexual (typically used of a man). Deviant ideas. |
divergent | (of thought) using a variety of premises, especially unfamiliar premises, as bases for inference, and avoiding common limiting assumptions in making deductions. A divergent opinion. |
incidental | Not of prime or central importance. Labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion. |
inexplicit | Not definitely or clearly expressed or explained. Inexplicit declarations. |
meandering | Of a path e.g. Meandering streams. |
oblique | (especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb. Acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles. |
resultant | Occurring or produced as a result of something. Restructuring and the resultant cost savings. |
resulting | Occurring or following as the consequence of something. Talk of a general election and the resulting political uncertainty. |
roundabout | Not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory. A roundabout paragraph. |
secondary | (chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups. A secondary issue. |
serpentine | Of or like a serpent or snake. Serpentine country lanes. |
subordinate | Lower in rank or position. In adventure stories character must be subordinate to action. |
tortuous | Full of twists and turns. A tortuous road up the mountain. |
unintended | Not planned or meant. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
wandering | Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant. Wandering tribes. |
winding | Of a path e.g. Winding roads are full of surprises. |
zigzag | Having the form of a zigzag veering alternately to right and left. When chased by a predator some animals take a zigzag course. |
away | Out of the way especially away from one s thoughts. He put away the pistol. |
backhanded | (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke. A backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal. |
circuitous | Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct. The explanation was circuitous and puzzling. |
circumlocutory | Using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded. Had a preference for circumlocutious or circumlocutory rather than forthright expression. |
cowardly | In a way which shows a lack of courage. A cowardly attack on a helpless victim. |
devious | Deviating from a straight course. A devious character. |
digress | Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. She always digresses when telling a story. |
digressive | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. A digressive allusion to the day of the week. |
discursive | (of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive. The attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another. |
dislodge | Remove or force out from a position. The hoofs of their horses dislodged loose stones. |
distract | Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something. Horror and doubt distract His troubl d thoughts. |
excursive | Tending to deviate from a course or activity; digressive. His excursive remarks. |
extraction | Properties attributable to your ancestry. A worker of Polish extraction. |
instead | In place of, or as an alternative to. Used English terms instead of Latin ones. |
irrelevant | Not connected with or relevant to something. Theory can sometimes be hastily dismissed as irrelevant to the classroom. |
meandering | Convoluted or undirected thought or language. A brilliant sample of meandering discourse. |
rambling | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. A rambling club. |
roam | (of a person’s eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping. Her eyes roamed over the chattering women. |
rotary | A rotary machine engine or device. A rotary mower. |
roundabout | A revolving machine with model horses or cars on which people ride for amusement; a merry-go-round. Hear in a roundabout way that her ex husband was marrying her best friend. |
scrappy | Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts. He had a scrappy New York temperament. |
secondhand | Derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand. Most of our knowledge is secondhand. |
serpentine | A kind of cannon, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries. For young horses suppleness and control were built with serpentines. |
sidetrack | A minor path or track. A sidetrack to the original discovery well. |
substitute | Act or serve as a substitute. A sheriff substitute. |
tangential | Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic. A tangential line. |
tortuous | Not straightforward. A tortuous road up the mountain. |
wandering | Having no fixed course. Wandering tribes. |
wind | Wind instruments or specifically woodwind instruments forming a band or a section of an orchestra. The wind howled about the building. |
winding | The act of winding or twisting. The windings of the stream. |
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