indirect

indirect is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
2. adjective. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
3. adjective. Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
4. adjective. Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
5. adjective. Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
6. adjective. not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination

   "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"

   "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

7. adjective. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action

   "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"

   "an indirect insult"

8. adjective. having intervening factors or persons or influences

   "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"

   "indirect evidence"

9. adjective. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

   "cousins are collateral relatives"

   "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"

   Synonyms: collateral

10. adjective. not as a direct effect or consequence

    "indirect benefits"

    "an indirect advantage"

Synonyms

collateral

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in indirect:

indicter, reindict

Common word forms

indirects, indirected, indirectly, indirecting, indirectness

Words from these letters

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