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Showing words for INDIRECT using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Indirect

indicter, indirect, reindict

7 Letter Words for Indirect

citrine, crinite, dictier, dineric, dinetic, icterid, identic, incited, inciter, inditer, neritic, neritid, nitride, retinic

6 Letter Words for Indirect

cedrin, cinder, cinter, citied, citrin, credit, cretin, crined, crinet, crinid, ctenii, dicier, dietic, direct, dirten, dreint, endict, incide, incite, inctri, indice, indict, indite, intice, intire, irenic, nitred, nitric, nitrid, ricine, rident, tidier, tinder, tineid, tinier, triced, trined

5 Letter Words for Indirect

ceint, centi, cerin, cetin, cider, cited, citer, cried, crine, deric, detin, dicer, diner, dinic, diter, drent, drice, edict, iceni, icier, ident, idite, indic, indie, indri, inert, inter, nicer, niter, nitid, recit, recti, retin, riced, ricin, riden, teiid, teind, ticed, ticer, tined, tired, trend, trice, tride, tried, trine

4 Letter Words for Indirect

cedi, cent, cern, cert, ceti, cide, cine, cire, cite, cred, crin, crit, deni, dent, dern, deti, detn, dice, dict, dier, diet, dine, dint, dire, dirt, dite, drie, edit, entr, eric, erin, etic, iced, icer, idic, incr, inde, init, inti, intr, ired, irid, iter, nerd, neti, nice, nide, nidi, nied, recd, rect, rein, reit, rend, rent, retd, rice, ride, rind, rine, rite, tend, tern, tice, tide, tidi, tied, tien, tier, tinc, tind, tine, tire, trid, trie, trin

3 Letter Words for Indirect

cdr, cen, cer, cid, cie, cir, cit, crt, cte, ctn, ctr, dec, dei, den, der, det, die, din, dir, dit, ect, eir, enc, end, erd, ern, ert, etc, ice, ide, inc, ind, int, ire, itd, ned, nei, net, nid, nie, nit, rcd, rct, rec, red, rei, rid, rie, rin, rit, rnd, rte, rti, tdr, tec, ted, ten, ter, tic, tid, tie, tin, tri

Definitions for Indirect

[1] not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
[2] coming or resulting otherwise than directly or immediately, as effects or consequences: an indirect advantage.
[3] not direct in action or procedure: His methods are indirect but not dishonest.
[4] not straightforward; devious; deceitful: He is known as a shady, indirect fellow.
[5] not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence.
[6] of, relating to, or characteristic of indirect discourse: an indirect quote.
[7] not descending in a direct line of succession, as a title or inheritance.
[8] deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous
[9] not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondary indirect benefits
[10] not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasive an indirect insult
[11] (of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son

Words related to Indirect

ambiguous, tortuous, oblique, incidental, implied, ancillary, circuitous, collateral, circular, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, long, long-winded, meandering

Words nearby Indirect

indigoid, indigolite, indigotic, indigotin, indio, indirect, indirect address, indirect characterization, indirect cost, indirect costs, indirect discourse

Origin of Indirect

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word indīrēctus. See in-3, direct

Other words from Indirect

in·di·rect·ly , adverb
in·di·rect·ness , noun
sem·i-in·di·rect , adjective
sem·i-in·di·rect·ly , adverb
sem·i-in·di·rect·ness , noun

Synonyms for Indirect

ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, implied, incidental, oblique, tortuous, collateral, 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