DIRECTS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word directs. (opposite meanings)

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	detours				verb, nounv, n
	noun • a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) verb • travel via a detour
	deviates				verbv
	noun • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior adjective satellite • markedly different from an accepted norm verb • turn aside; turn away from • be at variance with; be out of line with • cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
	diverges				verbv
	verb • move or draw apart • have no limits as a mathematical series • extend in a different direction • be at variance with; be out of line with
	swerves				verbv
	noun • the act of turning aside suddenly • an erratic deflection from an intended course verb • turn sharply; change direction abruptly
	veers				verbv
	verb • turn sharply; change direction abruptly • shift to a clockwise direction
	wanders				verbv
	verb • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage • go via an indirect route or at no set pace • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course • lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
	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