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direct - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest
Synonyms: absolute, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, downright, explicit, express, forthright, frank, matter-of-fact, open, outspoken, plain, point-blank, sincere, straight, straightforward, talk turkey*, unambiguous, unconcealed, unequivocal, unreserved, person-to-person, plainspoken, straight from the shoulder, undisguised
Antonyms: devious, dishonest, indirect, wily
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, oversee
Synonyms: administer, advise, be in the driver's seat, boss, call the shots*, carry on, conduct, control, control the affairs of, dispose, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head up, influence, keep, lead, operate, ordain, preside over, quarterback, regulate, rule, run, run the show, run things, shepherd, superintend, supervise, take the reins
Antonyms: misguide, mismanage, neglect
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: undeviating; uninterrupted
Synonyms: beeline*, continuous, even, horizontal, nonstop, point-blank, right, straight, through, true, unbroken, unswerving, in bee line, in straight line, linear, not crooked, shortest, straight ahead, straightaway
Antonyms: changing, deviating, indirect, intermittent, interrupted, varying
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give instructions; teach
Synonyms: address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn, give directions, give orders
Antonyms: mislead, misguide
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: face-to-face; next to
Synonyms: contiguous, firsthand, immediate, next, personal, primary, prompt, proximate, head-on, lineal, resultant, succeeding
Antonyms: indirect
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: point in a direction; guide
Synonyms: address, aim, beam, cast, conduct, escort, fix, focus, head, incline, indicate, intend, lay, lead, level, mean, pilot, point, present, route, see, set, shepherd, show, sight, slant, steer, target, train, turn, move in, point the way, sight on, zero in
Antonyms: diverge, misdirect
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: send, usually by mail system
Synonyms: address, designate, inscribe, label, mail, mark, route, superscribe
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put all of efforts toward
Synonyms: address, aim, apply, bend, buckle down, devote, endeavor, fix, give, set, settle, strive, throw, try, turn
Main Entry: aim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: point or direct at a goal
Synonyms: address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in
Main Entry: artless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: simple
Synonyms: direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, unadorned, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front, talking turkey, uncontrived
Antonyms: artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abrupt
Synonyms: barefaced, blunt, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, direct, downright, forthright, frank, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, rough, rude, short, sincere, snippy, straightforward, tactless, tart, terse, unceremonious, bearish, blustering, breviloquent, plain-spoken, short-spoken, snippety
Main Entry: boss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: control; command
Synonyms: administer, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, run, superintend, supervise, survey, administrate, quarterback, take charge
Antonyms: behave, follow
Main Entry: businesslike
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: efficient, professional
Synonyms: accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, disciplined, well-ordered, workaday
Antonyms: amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unprofessional, unbusinesslike
Main Entry: categorical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: explicit, unconditional
Synonyms: absolute, certain, clear-cut, definite, definitive, direct, downright, emphatic, express, flat out*, forthright, positive, specific, sure, ultimate, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, all out, no holds barred, no strings attached, straight out
Antonyms: ambiguous, conditional, equivocal, implied, qualified, questionable, tentative, vague, uncategorical
Main Entry: counsel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give advice
Synonyms: admonish, advise, advocate, caution, charge, direct, enjoin, exhort, guide, huddle*, inform, instruct, order, prescribe, prompt, recommend, reprehend, steer, suggest, teach, tip, tout, urge, warn, confab, give pointer, give two cents, keep posted, kibitz, put bug in ear, put heads together, put on to, show the ropes, tip off, wise one up
Notes: counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain)
Main Entry: dead
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: completely, totally
Synonyms: absolutely, direct, directly, due, entirely, exactly, right, straight, wholly, straightly, undeviatingly
Antonyms: incompletely
Main Entry: dead-on
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exactly correct
Synonyms: accurate, definite, direct, exact, on the nose*, pinpoint, precise, unerring, absolutely right, by the book, dead-center, on the button, on the mark, on the mark, on the money, on the money, to the point, very accurate
Main Entry: due
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: directly
Synonyms: dead, direct, exactly, right, straight, straightly, undeviatingly
Antonyms: indirectly
Main Entry: emphatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: insistent, unequivocal
Synonyms: absolute, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, significant, sober, solemn, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous, accented, for a face, no mistake, resounding, stressed
Antonyms: equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced
Main Entry: engineer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: devise; bring about
Synonyms: angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through
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