MEANDERERS Antonyms

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

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

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

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

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

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

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

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• compelled forcibly by an outside agency

• urged or forced to action through moral pressure

• strongly motivated to succeed

• being in focus or brought into focus

• (of light rays) converging on a point

• of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

• serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

• having meaning through having an aim

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

• characterized by quickness and firmness

• determined

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead