indirect

Plural: indirects

Adjective Satellite

• having intervening factors or persons or influences
  • "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"
  • "indirect evidence"
  • "an indirect cause"
• not as a direct effect or consequence
  • "indirect benefits"
  • "an indirect advantage"

Adjective

• Not directly caused or achieved; circuitous.
• 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"
• descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
  • "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
• extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
  • "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"
  • "an indirect insult"
  • "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"
  • "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"
  • "known as a shady indirect fellow"

Adj

• Not direct:
• Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
• Not direct:
• Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
• Not direct:
• Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
• Not direct:
• Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
• Figuratively
• Figuratively
• Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.

Noun

• An indirect cost.
• An indirect radiator

Verb

• To access by means of indirection; to dereference.

Examples

• His INDIRECT strategy involved setting up multiple high-scoring opportunities for later turns.
• In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination.
• Se asked him some indirect questions to ascertain whether he was single.
• The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.
• While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.

Synonyms

collateral

Antonyms

direct, lineal

Related Words

indirection

Anagrams of indirect