Synonyms for direct

Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb direct

Sense 1:

direct
order, tell, enjoin, say

Sense 2:

target, aim, place, direct, point
aim, take, train, take aim, direct

Sense 3:

direct
make, create

Sense 4:

direct
manage, deal, care, handle

Sense 5:

lead, take, direct, conduct, guide

Sense 6:

send, direct
move, displace

Sense 7:

aim, take, train, take aim, direct
position

Sense 8:

conduct, lead, direct
perform, execute, do

Sense 9:

direct
instruct, apprise, apprize

Sense 10:

calculate, aim, direct
intend, destine, designate, specify

Sense 11:

steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
control, command

Sense 12:

address, direct
label

Sense 13:

mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan

Similarity of adj direct

10 senses of direct

Sense 1:

direct (vs. indirect)
door-to-doornonstoppoint-blankstraightforwardundeviating, unswervingthrough(prenominal)

Also See: straight#2

Sense 2:

direct, unmediated
immediate (vs. mediate)

Sense 3:

direct (vs. indirect)
bluffblunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulderbrutalflat-footedman-to-manno-nonsenseplain, unvarnishedpointedsquare(prenominal), straightforward, straightupfront

Also See: honest#1, honorable#1

Sense 4:

lineal (vs. collateral), direct
matrilineal, matrilinearpatrilineal, patrilinearunilateral

Also See: related#2

Sense 5:

direct (vs. retrograde)

Sense 6:

direct (vs. inverse)

Sense 7:

direct (vs. alternating)

Sense 8:

direct
primary (vs. secondary)

Sense 9:

direct, verbatim
exact (vs. inexact)

Sense 10:

direct
absolute (vs. relative)
Synonyms of adv direct

1 sense of direct

Sense 1:

directly, straight, direct