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circuitous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of circuitous

circular, indirect, roundabout
Words Related to circuitous

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 of circuitous

candid, forthright, frank, honest, open, plain, unconcealed, undisguised
Antonyms of circuitous

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 of circuitous

circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy
Words Related to circuitous

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 of circuitous

brief, short

aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious

compendious, summary

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, laconic, snippy
Antonyms of circuitous

compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse

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