Circuitous
71route — I n. 1) to map out. plan a route 2) to follow, take a route 3) a circuitous; devious; direct; indirect; scenic route (to take the scenic route) 4) a bus; newspaper; streetcar (AE). tram (BE); truck (AE) route 5) an overland; sea; trade route II v …
72devious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See deviation, circuity, deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Indirect] Syn. circuitous, roundable, tortuous, evasive; see indirect . 2. [Crafty] Syn. foxy, insidious, shrewd, underhanded; see… …
73oblique — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Slanting] Syn. inclined, inclining, diverging, leaning, sloping, angled, diagonal, cater cornered, kitty cornered, unperpendicular, unvertical, skew, askew, asymmetrical, turned, twisted, awry, strained, askance,… …
74Circuition — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Curvilinear motion. < N PARAG:Circuition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circuition circuition circulation Sgm: N 1 turn turn curvet Sgm: N 1 excursion excursion circumvention circumnavigation circumambulation Sg …
75Circuit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circuit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circuit circuit roundabout way digression detour circumbendibus ambages loop Sgm: N 1 winding winding &c.(circuition) 311 Sgm: N 1 zigzag zigzag …
76roundabout — I. a. 1. Indirect, tortuous, circuitous. 2. Ample, extensive, broad. 3. Encompassing, encircling. II. n. 1. Merry go round. 2. Round jacket, surtout. 3. Circuitous way, way round …
77roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous Ant: direct, straight 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect …
78tortuous — adjective 1) a tortuous route Syn: twisting, twisty, twisting and turning, winding, windy, zigzag, sinuous, snaky, serpentine, meandering, circuitous Ant: straight 2) a tortuous …
79circular — adj 1. round, disklike, discoid, annular, ring shaped, hooped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globate, rotund, bulbous; cycloid, rotiform, orbicular, orbiculate, perimetric. 2. rounded, curved, curvilinear; arched, bowed, bent. 3. circuitous,… …
80meander — v 1. wind, zigzag, be circuitous, be roundabout, change direction; curve, bend, turn. 2. circumambulate, stroll, amble, Inf. mosey or mosey along; wander, ramble, rove, roam, drift; deviate, digress, stray, go off the track; peregrinate, tramp,… …
