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DIRECTING Antonyms

There are 4 antonyms of the word directing. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For DIRECTING

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indirect
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• 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

adjective satellite

• having intervening factors or persons or influences

• not as a direct effect or consequence

alternating
adjectiveadj
adjective

• (of a current) reversing direction

adjective satellite

• occurring by turns; first one and then the other

inverse
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

noun

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect

adjective satellite

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

retrograde
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

adjective satellite

• going from better to worse

• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

verb

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

• move in a direction contrary to the usual one

• move back

• go back over

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Alternatives for INDIRECT

Alternatives for ALTERNATING

Alternatives for INVERSE

Alternatives for RETROGRADE

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