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Definitions

roundabout

[round-uh-bout, round-uh-bout, round-uh-bout] / ˌraʊnd əˈbaʊt, ˈraʊnd əˌbaʊt, ˈraʊnd əˌbaʊt /
ADJECTIVE
indirect
Synonyms
STRONG
circular collateral oblique
WEAK
ambiguous circuitous circumlocutory deviating devious discursive evasive meandering obliquitous periphrastic taking the long way tortuous
Antonyms
STRONG
direct
WEAK
honest straightforward

Example Sentences

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The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

About 20 miles south of downtown Cincinnati, the new Publix sits just past a roundabout at the front entrance of a glitzy subdivision known as Triple Crown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But Madrid's imposing Victory Arch, built in the 1950s on a busy roundabout to celebrate the victory of Franco's fascist-backed nationalists in the 1936-1939 civil war, is a standout example of the symbols that linger.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

The government arrived at that figure in a roundabout manner.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I wished I had the courage to go by the Service staircase and so by roundabout way to the restaurant, and there warn him of the ambush.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier