circuitous

circuitous

adjective

Definition of CIRCUITOUS

1

not straightforward or direct <we took a circuitous route to the airport so as to avoid the massive traffic jam on the highway>

Synonyms circuitous, circular, roundabout

Related Words crooked, curvy, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisting, winding; meandering, rambling, wandering; circumlocutory, long-winded, prolix, verbose; deceitful, deceptive, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, insidious, misleading, sneaky, underhand, underhanded; calculating, crafty, cunning, subtle, tricky

Near Antonyms candid, forthright, frank, honest, open, plain, unconcealed, undisguised

Antonyms direct, straight, straightforward

2

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea <a circuitous explanation for what seems like a fairly basic concept>

Synonyms circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy

Related Words chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble; periphrastic; redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated; bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin)

Near Antonyms brief, short; aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious; compendious, summary; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened; abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, laconic, snippy

Antonyms compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse