44 entries under roundabout topic. ×
| devious(adjective, honest, false, restrained, dishonest) | |
| circuitous(adjective, straight, deviation, bent, crooked) | |
| oblique(adjective, false, dishonest, straight, deceitful) | |
| crooked(noun, adjective, dishonest, deceitful, crafty) | |
| tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, complicated) | |
| circular(adjective, straight, rambling, around, devious) | |
| meandering(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, circuitous) | |
| secondary(adjective, sympathetic, inferior, minor, subordinate) | |
| incidental(adjective, subordinate, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| zigzag(noun, adjective, side, deviation, bent) | |
| collateral(adjective, inferior, minor, subordinate, secondary) | |
| rambling(adjective, irregular, deviation, bent, crooked) | |
| sinuous(adjective, bent, crooked, devious, twisting) | |
| sneaky(adjective, honest, false, dishonest, deceitful) | |
| underhand(adjective, evil, honest, false, corrupt) | |
| erratic(noun, adjective, irregular, deviation, crooked) | |
| subsidiary(noun, adjective, inferior, subordinate, secondary) | |
| twisting(noun, adjective, bent, crooked, devious) | |
| winding(verb, adjective, irregular, bent, crooked) | |
| circumlocutory(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) |
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