12 Letter Words for Indirectness
indirectness
11 Letter Words for Indirectness
stridencies
10 Letter Words for Indirectness
dicentrine, directness, encrinites, indiscreet, indiscrete, insistence, interdines, iridescent, stridences, trendiness
9 Letter Words for Indirectness
densities, dereistic, destinies, dicentrin, dirtiness, disinters, dissenter, einsteins, encrinite, incensers, incenters, incidents, incitress, indenters, indictees, indicters, indirects, inertness, insectine, insincere, intenders, intercess, interdine, nescients, redissect, reincited, reincites, reindicts, residents, secretins, sericites, siderites, sincerest, stridence, tiredness, triedness
8 Letter Words for Indirectness
centesis, centners, centries, ceresins, ciderist, cinerins, cisterns, citrines, creedist, crinites, decessit, descents, descries, desertic, desinent, destines, dieresis, dieretic, diesters, dietines, direness, discerns, discreet, discrete, disenter, disinter, editress, eidetics, einstein, encinder, enterics, enticers, erinites, eristics, icterids, icterine, identies, incensed, incenser, incenses, incented, incenter, incident, inciters, indecent, indenter, inderite, indesert, indictee, indicter, indirect, inditers, indrises, inscient, insected, insensed, inserted, insident, insiders, insisted, insister, intender, intenser, interess, interned, intrince, intrinse, iridesce, nerdiest, nescient, niceness, niceties, nineties, niteries, nitrides, reincite, reindict, reinsist, reintend, rescinds, resident, resisted, retinned, rindiest, rinneite, scienter, scrienes, secretin, senicide, sentried, sentries, sericins, sericite, siderite, sienites, sinister, sinnered, sintered, sistence, sistered, tennises, tidiness, tininess, trendies, trenises
7 Letter Words for Indirectness
cedrine, censers, centers, centner, ceresin, cerises, cerites, ceteris, cinders, cinerin, cissier, cistern, citrene, citrine, citrins, credens, credent, credits, cressed, cresset, crested, cretins, crinite, crisset, deceits, decerns, decisis, decries, deicers, deistic, deities, deniers, dennets, densest, dentins, descent, deserts, desines, desires, dessert, destine, diciest, dictier, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, dietine, dineric, dinetic, dinners, directs, dirties, discern, disnest, disrest, dissect, dissent, dissert, dissite, ditsier, ectiris, edeitis, edestin, eidetic, eirenic, enceint, endites, endrins, ensient, enteric, enticed, enticer, entices, entires, entiris, entries, erinite, erinnic, eristic, estrins, iciness, icterid, identic, incedes, incense, incents, incests, incised, incises, incited, inciter, incites, increst, indenes, indents, indices, indicts, inditer, indites, inesite, insects, insense, inserts, insider, insides, inteind, intends, intense, interns, intines, intrine, irenics, iresine, iserine, iserite, nereids, nerines, nerites, neritic, neritid, nesters, nineted, nitered, niterie, nitride, nitrids, recited, recites, redient, redness, reedits, reisted, renests, rennets, rescind, resects, resends, resents, resides, resined, resinic, resited, resites, retines, retinic, riciest, ridiest, scenist, scenite, scented, scenter, scerned, scernes, screeds, screens, scriene, scrines, secerns, secrets, seiners, seitens, seities, senders, sennets, sennite, sennits, sentine, sereins, sericin, serines, sestine, siderin, sienite, sincere, sinners, sinnets, sinters, sirenes, sirenic, sistern, sistine, snidest, steined, stenned, stereid, sterics, steride, sterned, strenes, strides, strines, teinder, tenders, tendres, tenners, tennies, tenrecs, tercine, tidiers, tierced, tierces, tinders, tineids, tineine, tinners, tinnier, tinnies, trenise, tressed, trienes
6 Letter Words for Indirectness
cedens, cedent, ceders, cedrin, ceinte, cendre, censed, censer, censes, center, ceride, cerine, cerise, cerite, cerned, cernes, certes, certie, certis, cessed, cesser, ciders, cinder, cinene, cinter, cisted, citers, citess, citied, cities, citrin, credit, creeds, crests, cretin, crined, crines, crinet, crinid, crises, crisis, ctenes, ctenii, deceit, decent, decern, decess, decine, decise, decnet, deesis, deicer, deices, deiist, deisin, deists, denets, denier, denies, dennet, dennis, densen, denser, denter, dentes, dentin, desert, desine, desire, desist, destin, deters, dicers, dicier, diener, dienes, dieses, diesis, dieter, dietic, diners, dinics, dinner, direct, direst, dirten, disert, dister, dreint, drices, driest, dsects, ecesis, edenic, edicts, edirne, eident, eiders, encist, endent, enders, endict, endite, endrin, enters, entice, entier, enties, entire, entrec, erects, ernest, eserin, esters, estrin, iciest, ideist, idence, incede, incend, incent, incest, incide, incise, incite, inctri, indene, indent, indice, indict, indies, indite, indris, inerts, inners, inness, innest, insect, inseer, insert, insets, inside, insist, insite, intend, intens, intern, inters, intice, intine, intire, irenic, irides, irised, irises, issite, neednt, nenets, nentsi, nereid, nereis, nerine, nerite, nessie, nested, nester, nicene, nicest, nieces, niters, nitred, nitric, nitrid, recent, recess, recide, recite, recits, reedit, reests, reiced, reined, reises, reists, renied, renies, renins, renned, rennes, rennet, rented, rentes, resect, resend, resent, resets, reside, resids, resins, resist, resite, resits, rested, restes, restis, retied, reties, retine, ricine, ricins, rident, rinsed, rinses, scends, scened, scenes, scents, scerne, scient, screed, screen, screes, screet, scride, scried, scries, scrine, scrite, sdeins, secern, secret, sedent, seders, seined, seiner, seines, seiren, seised, seiten, sender, seniti, sennet, sennit, sensed, sensei, sented, serein, serest, series, serine, serins, setier, siders, sidest, sients, sinder, sinned, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sirene, sirens, sisted, sisten, sister, sneers, sneest, snider, snides, snirts, stedes, steeds, steens, steers, steins, stends, steres, steric, sterid, sterin, sterns, stired, stires, streen, strene, stride, strids, strind, strine, tedier, teends, teiids, teinds, tender, tendre, tenner, tennes, tennis, tenrec, tensed, tenser, tenses, terces, terned, ternes, tessin, tidier, tidies, tierce, tiered, tinder, tineid, tinier, tinies, tinned, tinner, tinnie, treens, trends, tresis, triced, trices, triene, triens, trined, trines
5 Letter Words for Indirectness
ceder, cedes, cedis, cedre, ceint, cense, centi, cents, cered, ceres, cerin, cerne, certs, cesse, ceste, cesti, cetes, cetin, cider, cides, cines, cires, cists, cited, citee, citer, cites, creds, creed, creen, cress, crest, crete, cried, cries, crine, crise, criss, crits, csnet, ctene, deens, deess, deets, deice, deist, denes, denet, dense, dents, deres, deric, derns, desse, deter, detin, dicer, dices, dicts, diene, diets, diner, dines, dinic, dints, dirts, disci, discs, distn, distr, diter, dites, drees, drent, dress, drest, drice, dries, drinn, dsect, edict, edite, edits, eider, ender, eneid, enent, enets, ensis, enter, entre, entsi, erect, erics, erned, ernes, erses, esnes, essed, essen, ester, estre, etens, iceni, icers, icier, ident, idest, idite, indic, indie, indin, indri, inert, inned, inner, innet, innit, insee, inset, instr, inter, intis, irene, irids, isere, issei, iters, needn, needs, neist, nenes, nerds, nerts, nests, neter, netes, nicer, nides, niece, niner, nines, niris, nisei, nisse, niter, nitid, recit, recti, redes, reeds, reens, reest, reice, reins, reist, rends, renet, renin, renne, rente, rents, reset, resid, resin, resit, rests, retes, retie, retin, riced, rices, ricin, riden, rides, rinds, rines, rinse, risen, rises, rites, scend, scene, scent, scind, scree, scrin, scrit, sdein, secre, sects, seder, sedes, seeds, seers, seine, seirs, seise, sence, sends, senit, sense, sente, senti, sents, sered, seres, seric, serin, sesti, sicer, sices, sider, sides, siens, sient, siest, since, sinds, sined, sines, sired, siren, sires, siris, sited, sites, sneds, sneed, sneer, snees, snide, snies, snirt, snite, snits, stede, steds, steed, steen, steer, steid, stein, stend, stens, stere, steri, stern, stied, sties, stine, stire, stirs, strid, teend, teens, teers, teiid, teind, teise, tends, tenes, tenne, tense, terce, terne, terns, terse, ticed, ticer, tices, tides, tiens, tiers, tinds, tined, tines, tired, tires, tisic, treed, treen, trees, trend, tress, trice, tride, tried, tries, trine, trins, tsere, tsine
4 Letter Words for Indirectness
cede, cedi, cees, cene, cens, cent, cere, cern, cert, cess, cest, cete, ceti, cide, cids, cine, cire, cist, cite, cits, cred, cres, crin, cris, crit, crts, deen, deer, dees, deet, deis, dene, deni, dens, dent, dere, dern, desc, desi, dess, deti, detn, dice, dict, dier, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, dire, dirt, disc, dist, dite, dits, dree, drie, dsri, eden, edit, eide, eine, eire, ende, ends, ened, enes, ense, entr, ered, eres, eric, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, erst, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, etic, iced, icer, ices, idee, ides, idic, incr, inde, indn, init, inne, inns, inst, inti, intr, ired, ires, irid, iris, isdn, ised, isis, isnt, iter, neds, need, neer, neet, nein, nene, nerd, nese, ness, nest, nete, neti, nets, nice, nide, nidi, nids, nied, nies, nine, nisi, nist, nits, nsec, recd, recs, rect, rede, reds, reed, reen, rees, reet, rein, reit, rend, renn, rent, rest, retd, rete, rets, rice, ride, rids, ries, rind, rine, rins, risc, rise, rist, rite, rits, scet, scsi, sctd, secs, sect, seed, seen, seer, sees, seir, seis, seit, send, sene, sens, sent, sere, sers, sert, sese, sets, sice, sics, side, sidi, sids, sien, sier, sind, sine, sins, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, sist, site, siti, sits, sned, snee, snit, sris, ssed, sted, sten, ster, stid, stie, stir, stre, teds, teed, teen, teer, tees, tend, tene, tens, tern, tice, tics, tide, tidi, tids, tied, tien, tier, ties, tinc, tind, tine, tins, tire, tree, tres, trid, trie, trin
3 Letter Words for Indirectness
cdr, cee, cen, cer, cid, cie, cir, cis, cit, cns, crs, crt, csi, cst, cte, ctn, ctr, cts, dec, dee, dei, den, der, des, det, die, din, dir, dis, dit, dsr, ect, eds, eec, een, eer, eir, enc, end, ene, ens, erd, ere, ern, ers, ert, esc, esd, ese, esr, ess, est, etc, ice, ide, ids, inc, ind, inn, ins, int, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, itd, its, ned, nee, nei, net, nid, nie, nis, nit, nne, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rei, res, rid, rie, rin, rit, rnd, rte, rti, scd, sci, scr, sct, sds, sec, sed, see, sei, sen, ser, set, sic, sie, sin, sir, sis, sit, sri, sse, std, str, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ten, ter, tes, tic, tid, tie, tin, tis, tri, trs, tsi, tss
Definitions for Indirectness
[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 Indirectness
indirecteuphemism, diffuseness, wordiness, roundabout, prolixity, pleonasm, verbiage, tautology, periphrasis, discursiveness, periphrase, verbality
Words nearby Indirectness
indirectindigoid, indigolite, indigotic, indigotin, indio, indirect, indirect address, indirect characterization, indirect cost, indirect costs, indirect discourse
Origin of Indirectness
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word indīrēctus. See in-3, direct
Other words from Indirectness
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 Indirectness
diffuseness, discursiveness, euphemism, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, roundabout, tautology, verbiage, wordiness, beating around the bush, circumambages, gassiness, periphrase, verbal evasion, verbality