DICTIONARY WORDS ONLY:
PROFANITY:

DIRECTNESS Antonyms

11 antonyms for directness. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For DIRECTNESS

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
indirectness

noun

n

noun

• having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal

ambiguity

noun

n

noun

• an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

• unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

circuitousness

noun

n

noun

• The state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point.

crookedness

noun

n

noun

• a tortuous and twisted shape or position

• having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

• the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

deviousness

noun

n

noun

• the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly

• the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

evasiveness

noun

n

noun

• intentionally vague or ambiguous

meandering

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• of a path e.g.

obliqueness

noun

n

noun

• the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle

• the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly

subterfuge

noun

n

noun

• something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

vagueness

noun

n

noun

• unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

• indistinctness of shape or character

roundaboutness

noun

n

No meanings yet for this word...

Alternatives for INDIRECTNESS

Words (7)

Alternatives for AMBIGUITY

Words (10)
Phrases (1)

Alternatives for CIRCUITOUSNESS

Words (5)

Alternatives for CROOKEDNESS

Words (5)

Alternatives for DEVIOUSNESS

Words (16)

Alternatives for EVASIVENESS

Words (2)

Alternatives for MEANDERING

Words (12)

Alternatives for OBLIQUENESS

Words (11)