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Direct
//daɪˈɹɛkt//
Synonyms for "direct" (599 found)
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Closest matches (120)
addressaimbluffdirectlyleadlinealmastermindnonstopprimarysendsteerstraightforwardthroughundeviatingunvarnishedreferabove-boardabsoluteaccentaddict
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address toadministeradministrateadviseadvocateaim atallude toapplyappointarrowlikearticulatedartlessas the crow fliesasceticassignattendatticausterebaldbarbarebe masterbe responsible forbeambehavebendbidbluntborn yesterdaybossbriefbring to attentionbring to noticebroadbroaden the mindbrusquebrutalbuckle downcalculatecall attention tocall oncall the shotscall the signalscall uponcancelcandidcaptaincarry oncarry outcarry throughcastcatechizecategoricalcatenatedceaselesschairchannelcharacterchargechart a coursechastechildlikeciceroniancitecivilizeclassicclassicalclean cutclean-cutclearclear as crystalclear as dayclear-cutclosecoachcoherentcommandcommissioncommoncommonplaceconcatenatedconcentrateconcisecondconductconduct toconferconfidingconnconnectedconsistent
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (180)
constantconsult withcontiguouscontinualcontinuedcontinuingcontinuouscontrolcounselcoxswaincrispcrystal clearcrystal-clearcrystallinecycliccyclicaldeaddead aheaddead straightdeal with
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decidedeclaredecreededicatedefinedefineddefinitedelicatedeliverdemanddemonstratedeterminedevotedictatediphyleticdirect attention todirect todirectionizedisciplinedispensedisposedistinctdivertdominatedoor to doordotdownrightdrivedryduedue northdulleasyedifyeducateeffectiveelegantemphaticendlessengineerenjoinenlightenescortevenexactexplicitexpressfaithfulfamilyfastenfeaturelessfinefinishedfirsthandfixfix onflatflat footedfocusfocus onforthrightfrankfrankheartedfreefree spokenfree-speakingfree-spokenfree-tonguedfreehandfrontgaplessgenealogicalgenuinegivegive an ordergive instructiongive lessons ingive the wordgoverngracefulgracilegroundguideguilelesshandlehave the connheadhead upheart-to-hearthelmholdhold onhomelyhomespunhonesthorizontalillumineimmediatein a beelinein a linein linein line withinartificialincessantinclineinerrableinerrantinfallibleinformingenuingenuousinnocentinstantinstructinterminableintuitiveirreversibleissue a commandissue a writjoinedjointlesskeepkey signaturekibitzlaylay down the lawlead onlead toleanlevellevel atligaturelimpidlinearlinkedliterallyliteratimloud and clearlucidluminousmailmake gomake the rulesman to manmanagemandatemaneuvermanipulate
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (299)
Verb(15 words)
markmathematicalmatter-of-factmeasuremeddlementionmicroscopicmoderatemonotonousmouldnaivenativenaturalnavigateneatnever endingnever-endingnextniceno nonsense
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notationobviousofficerofficiateone-wayopenopen the eyesopenheartedoperateordainorderorder aboutoutrightoutspokenoverseepausepellucidperennialperform onperiodicperspicuousphyleticphylogeneticpick outpilotpinpointplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplayplumppointpoint atpoint blankpoint outpoint out topoint the waypoint topoint-blankpointedpolishedpostpracticepreciseprescribepresentpresidepreside overproclaimpromulgatepronounceproposeprosaicprosingprosyproximatepull the stringspureput rightquarterbackrecommendrectilinealrectilinearrecurrentreeducaterefer torefinedregulatereignreligiousreligiously exactrepetitiverequirerestrainedrightrigidrigorousroundround-the-clockrouteruleruler-straightrunrunningrusticsay the wordschoolscientificscientifically exactseamlessseesee toserriedsetset rightset straightsettlesevereshape a coursesharpen the witsshepherdshipshortshortestshowshow howshow the waysightsight onsignsignaturesimplesimple-speakingsimpleheartedsimplemindedsinceresingle mindedsingle-heartedsingle-mindedskipperslantslursmoothsobersparespartanspecifysquarestablestand overstarksteadystraightstraight acrossstraight aheadstraight from shoulderstraight outstraight-cutstraight-frontstraight-outstraight-sidestraightawaystraightforwardsstraightlystraightwaystreamlinedstrictstrikesubmitsubtlesuggestsuperintendsuperscribesuperviseswayswellswitchsymboltactlesstake care oftake commandtake the leadtargettastefulteachteach a lessonteach the rudimentstelltersethrowtietime signatureto the pointtouch ontraintrain upontranslucenttransmittransparenttranspicuoustrimtruetrustfultrustingturnturn upontutortwenty-four-hourunadornedunaffectedunambiguousunartificialunassumingunbendingunbentunbowedunbrokenunceasinguncheckedunconcealedunconfusedunconstraineduncurvedundeflectedundeviatinglyundifferentiatedundiplomaticundisguisedundissembledundistortedunendingunequivocalunerringunfeigningunguardedunidirectionaluniformunimaginativeuninhibitedunintermittedunintermittentunintermittinguninterruptedunivocalunlaboredunmediatedunmistakableunmitigatedunobstructedunpoeticalunpretendingunpretentiousunqualifiedunrelievedunremittingunreservedunrestrainedunsophisticatedunstoppedunsuspiciousunswervingunswervinglyunturnedunveeringlyunwaryupfrontuprightusherveraciousverbatimverticalwarnwear the pantswell-definedwield authoritywield the batonword for wordwork
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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More general
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Antonyms
10 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
90 entriesShowing 16 of 90 words.
has context
7 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
similar
57 entriesShowing 16 of 57 words.
Translations
165 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- drejtë adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- udhëzoj verb (to manage, control, steer)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- εὐθύνω verb (to manage, control, steer)
- συντάσσω verb (to order)
Arabic
4 entries- مُبَاشِر adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- أَخْرَجَ verb (to be in charge of the direction of a film)
- أَخْرَجَ verb (to be in charge of the direction of a play)
- قَاد verb (to manage, control, steer)
Asturian
2 entries- direutu adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- dirixir verb (to manage, control, steer)
Belarusian
2 entries- непасрэ́дны adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- прамы́ adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Bulgarian
4 entries- непосре́дствен adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- пряк adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- насочвам verb (to aim at)
- ръково́дя verb (to manage, control, steer)
Catalan
4 entries- directe adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- dret adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- adreçar verb (to aim at)
- dirigir verb (to manage, control, steer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 直接 adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Cornish
2 entries- didro adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- syth adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Czech
1 entries- přímý adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Danish
4 entries- direkte adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- dirigere verb (to manage, control, steer)
- inscenesætte verb (to be in charge of the direction of a play)
- lede verb (to manage, control, steer)
Dutch
1 entries- direct adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Esperanto
4 entries- rekta adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- aldirekti verb (to manage, control, steer)
- gvidi verb (to manage, control, steer)
- reĝisori verb (to be in charge of the direction of a film)
Estonian
1 entries- otse adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Finnish
3 entries- suora adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- ohjata verb (to manage, control, steer)
- tähdätä verb (to aim at)
French
3 entries- direct adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- mettre en scène verb (to be in charge of the direction of a play)
- ordonner verb (to order)
Friulian
1 entries- dret adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Galician
2 entries- directo adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- dirixir verb (to manage, control, steer)
German
4 entries- direkt adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- unmittelbar adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- beaufsichtigen verb (to manage, control, steer)
- befehlen verb (to order)
Greek
4 entries- άμεσος adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- απευθείας adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- απευθύνομαι verb (to aim at)
- απευθύνω verb (to aim at)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- dirèk adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Hebrew
2 entries- כיוון verb (to aim at)
- ניהל verb (to manage, control, steer)
Hindi
1 entries- सीधा adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Hungarian
4 entries- direkt adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- egyenes adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- közvetlen adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- rendez verb (to be in charge of the direction of a film)
Ido
1 entries- direktar verb (to manage, control, steer)
Indonesian
1 entries- menyutradarai verb (to be in charge of the direction of a film)
Interlingua
1 entries- directe adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Irish
2 entries- deachtaigh verb (to manage, control, steer)
- treoraigh verb (to manage, control, steer)
Italian
1 entries- diretto adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Japanese
1 entries- 直接の adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Kazakh
4 entries- басқару verb (to manage, control, steer)
- бағыттау verb (to aim at)
- кезеу verb (to aim at)
- көздеу verb (to aim at)
Korean
2 entries- 직접의 adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- 직접적 adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жөндөө verb (to aim at)
Latin
3 entries- dīrēctus adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- prōrsus adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- dominor verb (to manage, control, steer)
Macedonian
2 entries- директен adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- непосреден adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Middle English
2 entries- dressen verb (to manage, control, steer)
- dressen verb (to aim at)
Māori
4 entries- arorangi adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- horipū adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- pūkaka adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- tohitū adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Norwegian
1 entries- sette i scene verb (to be in charge of the direction of a play)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- direkte adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- direkte adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Occitan
1 entries- dirigir verb (to manage, control, steer)
Persian
4 entries- راست adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- مستقیم adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- اداره کردن verb (to manage, control, steer)
- رایانیدن verb (to manage, control, steer)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- befälen verb (to order)
Polish
4 entries- bezpośredni adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- inscenizować verb (to be in charge of the direction of a play)
- kazać verb (to order)
- kierować verb (to manage, control, steer)
Portuguese
4 entries- directo adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- direto adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- direcionar verb (to aim at)
- dirigir verb (to manage, control, steer)
Romanian
1 entries- direct adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Russian
4 entries- непосре́дственный adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- постоя́нный adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- прямо́й adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- напра́вить verb (to aim at)
Sanskrit
1 entries- राष्टि verb (to manage, control, steer)
Scots
1 entries- airt adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dìrektan adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- nȅposredan adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- дѝректан adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- не̏посредан adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Slovak
4 entries- priamy adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- adresovať verb (to aim at)
- mieriť verb (to aim at)
- namieriť verb (to aim at)
Slovene
2 entries- direkten adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- neposreden adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Spanish
3 entries- directo adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- direccionar verb (to aim at)
- dirigir verb (to manage, control, steer)
Swedish
4 entries- direkt adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- omedelbar adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- leda verb (to manage, control, steer)
- regissera verb (to be in charge of the direction of a film)
Tajik
1 entries- мустақим adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Turkish
1 entries- doğrudan doğruya adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Ukrainian
4 entries- безпосере́дній adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- прями́й adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- керувати verb (to manage, control, steer)
- скеровувати verb (to aim at)
Urdu
1 entries- سیدھا adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Welsh
2 entries- syth adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
- uniongyrchol adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 直接 adj (straight, constant, without interruption)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I stepped outside and was bathed in the harsh, direct sunlight.
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Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
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It will soon be possible for us to go direct to New York by air.
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