Indirect

//ˌɪndaɪˈɹɛkt//

Synonyms for "indirect" (163 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (49)

Related words (81)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Translations

27 translations across 22 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • косвен adj (not direct)
  • непряк adj (not direct)

Catalan

1 entries
  • indirecte adj (not direct)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 間接 /间接 adj (not direct)

Cornish

1 entries
  • andhidro adj (not direct)

Czech

1 entries
  • nepřímý adj (not direct)

Dutch

2 entries
  • indirect adj (not direct)
  • onrechtstreeks adj (not direct)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nerekta adj (not direct)

Finnish

2 entries
  • epäsuora adj (not direct)
  • välillinen adj (not direct)

French

1 entries
  • indirect adj (not direct)

Galician

1 entries
  • indirecto adj (not direct)

German

1 entries
  • indirekt adj (not direct)

Greek

1 entries
  • έμμεσος adj (not direct)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • indirekt adj (not direct)
  • közvetett adj (not direct)

Italian

1 entries
  • indiretto adj (not direct)

Latin

1 entries
  • obliquus adj (not direct)

Māori

1 entries
  • porowhawhe adj (not direct)

Polish

1 entries
  • pośredni adj (not direct)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • indireto adj (not direct)

Russian

2 entries
  • ко́свенный adj (not direct)
  • непрямо́й adj (not direct)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nepriamy adj (not direct)

Spanish

1 entries
  • indirecto adj (not direct)

Welsh

1 entries
  • anuniongyrchol adj (not direct)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

New indirect taxes were imposed on spirits.

Source: tatoeba (269254)

Taxes consist of direct taxes and indirect ones.

Source: tatoeba (272078)

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant Religion.

Source: tatoeba (414412)

Be careful interpreting indirect translations. Genders may have changed.

Source: tatoeba (878275)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.