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indirect
adjective as in roundabout; unintended
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- circular
- circumlocutory
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
Example Sentences
The main causes are the loss of habitat and food in landscapes shaped by humans as well as a high number of direct or indirect incidents of poisoning.
Qatar has hosted Hamas’s political bureau since 2012 and played a key role in facilitating indirect negotiations between the group and Israel.
"The pattern of regular attacks – direct or indirect – against peacekeepers must end immediately," the statement said.
"A president has influence over both fiscal policy and monetary policy, but the influence is indirect," said Michael Walden, a Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.
"A president has influence over both fiscal policy and monetary policy, but the influence is indirect," said Walden.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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