Directs

Synonyms for "directs" (599 found)

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address aim bluff directly lead lineal mastermind nonstop primary send steer straightforward through undeviating unvarnished refer above-board absolute accent addict

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Verb(8 words)

point absolve address aim calculate channelise channelize conduct

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (180)

constant consult with contiguous continual continued continuing continuous control counsel coxswain crisp crystal clear crystal-clear crystalline cyclic cyclical dead dead ahead dead straight deal with

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decide declare decree dedicate define defined definite delicate deliver demand demonstrate determine devote dictate diphyletic direct attention to direct to directionize discipline dispense dispose distinct divert dominate door to door dot downright drive dry due due north dull easy edify educate effective elegant emphatic endless engineer enjoin enlighten escort even exact explicit express faithful family fasten featureless fine finished firsthand fix fix on flat flat footed focus focus on forthright frank frankhearted free free spoken free-speaking free-spoken free-tongued freehand front gapless genealogical genuine give give an order give instruction give lessons in give the word govern graceful gracile ground guide guileless handle have the conn head head up heart-to-heart helm hold hold on homely homespun honest horizontal illumine immediate in a beeline in a line in line in line with inartificial incessant incline inerrable inerrant infallible inform ingenu ingenuous innocent instant instruct interminable intuitive irreversible issue a command issue a writ joined jointless keep key signature kibitz lay lay down the law lead on lead to lean level level at ligature limpid linear linked literally literatim loud and clear lucid luminous mail make go make the rules man to man manage mandate maneuver manipulate

Adverb(1 words)

Adjective(3 words)

distributorless frontal immediate

Verb(6 words)

engineer explain guide head lead maneuver

Adjective(2 words)

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Verb(15 words)

manoeuver manoeuvre mastermind orchestrate organise organize place refer send steer take take aim target train upsolve

mark mathematical matter-of-fact measure meddle mention microscopic moderate monotonous mould naive native natural navigate neat never ending never-ending next nice no nonsense

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notation obvious officer officiate one-way open open the eyes openhearted operate ordain order order about outright outspoken oversee pause pellucid perennial perform on periodic perspicuous phyletic phylogenetic pick out pilot pinpoint plain plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken play plump point point at point blank point out point out to point the way point to point-blank pointed polished post practice precise prescribe present preside preside over proclaim promulgate pronounce propose prosaic prosing prosy proximate pull the strings pure put right quarterback recommend rectilineal rectilinear recurrent reeducate refer to refined regulate reign religious religiously exact repetitive require restrained right rigid rigorous round round-the-clock route rule ruler-straight run running rustic say the word school scientific scientifically exact seamless see see to serried set set right set straight settle severe shape a course sharpen the wits shepherd ship short shortest show show how show the way sight sight on sign signature simple simple-speaking simplehearted simpleminded sincere single minded single-hearted single-minded skipper slant slur smooth sober spare spartan specify square stable stand over stark steady straight straight across straight ahead straight from shoulder straight out straight-cut straight-front straight-out straight-side straightaway straightforwards straightly straightway streamlined strict strike submit subtle suggest superintend superscribe supervise sway swell switch symbol tactless take care of take command take the lead target tasteful teach teach a lesson teach the rudiments tell terse throw tie time signature to the point touch on train train upon translucent transmit transparent transpicuous trim true trustful trusting turn turn upon tutor twenty-four-hour unadorned unaffected unambiguous unartificial unassuming unbending unbent unbowed unbroken unceasing unchecked unconcealed unconfused unconstrained uncurved undeflected undeviatingly undifferentiated undiplomatic undisguised undissembled undistorted unending unequivocal unerring unfeigning unguarded unidirectional uniform unimaginative uninhibited unintermitted unintermittent unintermitting uninterrupted univocal unlabored unmediated unmistakable unmitigated unobstructed unpoetical unpretending unpretentious unqualified unrelieved unremitting unreserved unrestrained unsophisticated unstopped unsuspicious unswerving unswervingly unturned unveeringly unwary upfront upright usher veracious verbatim vertical warn wear the pants well-defined wield authority wield the baton word for word work

Adjective(2 words)

patent univocal

Adverb(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

unmediated verbatim

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A conductor directs an orchestra.

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I like all films that Juzo Itami directs.

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Iron directs heat well enough.

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For the last 30 years, he has been working to clean up Appalachia's acidified waterways. Ziemkiewicz directs the West Virginia University Water Research Institute.

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