direct - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Synonyms

• direct
• engineer
• mastermind
• orchestrate
• organise
• organize

More generic

• plan

More specific

• choreograph

Verb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Synonyms

• aim
• calculate
• direct

More generic

• designate
• destine
• intend
• specify

Verb

command with authority

Synonyms

• direct

More generic

• enjoin
• order
• say
• tell

More specific

• stet

Verb

give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

Synonyms

• direct

More generic

• apprise
• apprize
• instruct

More specific

• point the way
• talk down

Verb

put an address on (an envelope)

Synonyms

• address
• direct

More generic

• label

More specific

• instrument
• misaddress
• misdirect
• re-address

Verb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

Synonyms

• aim
• direct
• place
• point
• target

More generic

• aim
• direct
• take
• take aim
• train

More specific

• address
• home in
• range in
• zero in

Verb

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

Synonyms

• aim
• direct
• take
• take aim
• train

More generic

• position

More specific

• aim
• charge
• direct
• draw a bead on
• hold
• level
• place
• point
• sight
• swing
• target
• turn

Verb

guide the actors in (plays and films)

Synonyms

• direct

More generic

• create
• make

More specific

• stage direct

Verb

lead, as in the performance of a composition

Synonyms

• conduct
• direct
• lead

More generic

• do
• execute
• perform

Related

• conduct

Verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Synonyms

• channelise
• channelize
• direct
• guide
• head
• maneuver
• manoeuver
• manoeuvre
• point
• steer

More generic

• command
• control

More specific

• channel
• conn
• corner
• crab
• dock
• helm
• navigate
• park
• pilot
• pull over
• sheer
• stand out
• starboard
• tree

Verb

cause to go somewhere

Synonyms

• direct
• send

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• airt
• blow
• cast
• contrive
• divert
• project
• redirect
• refer
• route
• throw
• turn

Verb

take somebody somewhere

Synonyms

• conduct
• direct
• guide
• lead
• take

More specific

• beacon
• hand
• lead astray
• misdirect
• misguide
• mislead
• show
• usher

Verb

be in charge of

Synonyms

• direct

More generic

• care
• deal
• handle
• manage

More specific

• administer
• give
• guide
• have
• head
• hold
• lead
• make
• operate
• run
• steer
• throw

Related

• act
• move

Adjective

lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

Synonyms

• direct

Related

• absolute

Adjective

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

Synonyms

• direct

Related

• door-to-door
• nonstop
• point-blank
• straightforward
• through
• undeviating
• unswerving

Opposite / Antonyms

• indirect

Also See

• straight

Adjective

(of a current) flowing in one direction only

Synonyms

• direct

Opposite / Antonyms

• alternating

Adjective

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

Synonyms

• direct

Related

• bluff
• blunt
• brutal
• candid
• flat-footed
• flatfooted
• forthright
• frank
• free-spoken
• man-to-man
• no-nonsense
• outspoken
• plain
• plainspoken
• point-blank
• pointed
• square
• straight
• straight-from-the-shoulder
• straightforward
• unvarnished
• upfront

Opposite / Antonyms

• indirect

Also See

• honest
• honorable

Adjective

similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

Synonyms

• direct

Opposite / Antonyms

• inverse

Adjective

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Synonyms

• direct

Opposite / Antonyms

• retrograde

Adjective

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

Synonyms

• direct
• unmediated

Related

• immediate

Adjective

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Synonyms

• direct
• verbatim

Related

• exact

Adjective

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

Synonyms

• direct
• lineal

Related

• matrilineal
• matrilinear
• patrilineal
• patrilinear
• unilateral

Also See

• related

Adjective

being an immediate result or consequence

Synonyms

• direct

Related

• primary

without deviation

Synonyms

• direct
• directly
• straight

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