CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS Synonyms

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

• deviating from a straight course

• spreading by diffusion

• proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

• (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

• deliberately vague or ambiguous

• avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

• not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination

• descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

• extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action

• having intervening factors or persons or influences

• not as a direct effect or consequence

• using or containing too many words

• of a path e.g.

• tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

• spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

• (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

• of a path e.g.

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride on for amusement

• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

• deviating from a straight course

• using or containing too many words

• travelling about without any clear destination

• migratory

• of a path e.g.

• having no fixed course

• using or containing too many words

• roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

• roundabout and unnecessarily wordy