Direct

Adjective

 * 1) Straight, constant, without interruption.

Adverb

 * 1) Directly.
 * 2) * 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
 * Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.

Verb

 * 1) To manage, control, steer.
 * 2) To aim at.
 * They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
 * He directed his question to the room in general.

Adverbs for Direct
delightfully; pleasantly; helpfully; comfortingly; charmingly; gratifyingly; satisfactorily; pleasingly; ingenuously; frankly; candidly; honestly; courageously; boldly; unequivocally;  agreeably; surprisingly; conveniently; childishly; bluntly; sincerely; unaffectedly; unflatteringly; crudely; curiously; strangely; vaguely; intelligently; generally; competently; practically; brilliantly; magnificently; disastrously; dangerously; legislatively; habitually; relentlessly; ultimately; academically; arbitrarily; ignobly; intellectually; intricately;  eccentrically; hurriedly; curtly; calmly;  frivolously; vigorously; automatically; vainly; verbally; uniformly; perseveringly; astutely; dramatically; independently; victoriously.

Synonyms for Direct
conduct, lead, guide, manage, contrive, order, dispose, sway, regulate, adjust, govern, head, supervise, show, train, control, influence, demonstrate, explain, teach, inform, instruct, aim, point, usher.

Antonyms for Direct
deceive, delude, mislead, misguide, lead astray, beguile, diverge, reflect, indirect.

Related terms

 * direction
 * directly
 * director
 * adroit
 * dirge
 * dirigible
 * dress

Derived terms

 * direct action
 * direct current
 * direct flight
 * direct initiative
 * direct object
 * direct quote

Thesaurus
Attic, Ciceronian, Spartan, address, address to, administer, administrate, advise, advocate, aim, aim at, allude to, apply, appoint, arrowlike, articulated, artless, ascetic, assign, austere, bald, bare, be master, be responsible for, beam, bend, bid, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, brief, bring to attention, bring to notice, broad, broaden the mind, brusque, buckle down, call attention to, call on, call the shots, call the signals, call upon, candid, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, cast, catechize, categorical, catenated, ceaseless, chair, charge, chart a course, chaste, childlike, cite, civilize, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, close, coach, coherent, command, commission, common, commonplace, concatenated, cond, conduct, conduct to, confer, confiding, conn, connected, consistent, constant, consult with, contiguous, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, control, counsel, coxswain, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, cyclical, dead, dead ahead, dead straight, deal with, decide, declare, decree, define, defined, definite, delicate, demonstrate, determine, devote, dictate, diphyletic, direct attention to, direct to, directionize, directly, discipline, dispose, distinct, divert, dominate, downright, drive, dry, due, due north, dull, easy, edify, educate, elegant, endless, engineer, enjoin, enlighten, escort, even, exact, explicit, express, faithful, family, fasten, featureless, fine, finished, firsthand, fix, fix on, flat, focus, focus on, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, gapless, genealogical, genuine, give, give an order, give instruction, give lessons in, give the word, govern, graceful, gracile, ground, guide, guileless, handle, have the conn, head, head up, heart-to-heart, helm, hold on, homely, homespun, honest, horizontal, illumine, immediate, in a beeline, in a line, in line with, inartificial, incessant, incline, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, inform, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, instruct, interminable, irreversible, issue a command, issue a writ, joined, jointless, keep, kibitz, lay, lead, lead on, lead to, lean, level, level at, limpid, lineal, linear, linked, literally, literatim, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, mail, make go, make the rules, manage, mandate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, mathematical, matter-of-fact, meddle, mention, microscopic, monotonous, naive, native, natural, navigate, neat, never-ending, next, nice, nonstop, officer, one-way, open, open the eyes, openhearted, operate, ordain, order, order about, outright, outspoken, pellucid, perennial, perform on, periodic, perspicuous, phyletic, phylogenetic, pick out, pilot, pinpoint, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, play, point, point at, point out, point out to, point the way, point to, point-blank, polished, post, practice, precise, prescribe, present, preside over, primary, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propose, prosaic, prosing, prosy, proximate, pull the strings, pure, put right, quarterback, recommend, rectilineal, rectilinear, recurrent, reeducate, refer to, refined, regulate, religious, religiously exact, repetitive, require, restrained, right, rigid, rigorous, round, round-the-clock, route, rule, ruler-straight, run, running, rustic, say the word, school, scientific, scientifically exact, seamless, see, see to, send, serried, set, set right, set straight, settle, severe, shape a course, sharpen the wits, shepherd, shortest, show, show how, show the way, sight on, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, skipper, smooth, sober, spare, specify, square, stable, stand over, stark, steady, steer, straight, straight across, straight ahead, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-out, straight-side, straightaway, straightforward, straightforwards, straightly, straightway, streamlined, strict, submit, subtle, suggest, superintend, superscribe, supervise, tactless, take care of, take command, take the lead, tasteful, teach, teach a lesson, teach the rudiments, tell, terse, through, throw, to the point, touch on, train, train upon, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trim, true, trustful, trusting, turn, turn upon, twenty-four-hour, unadorned, unaffected, unambiguous, unartificial, unassuming, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unceasing, unchecked, unconcealed, unconfused, unconstrained, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undeviatingly, undifferentiated, undiplomatic, undisguised, undissembled, undistorted, unending, unequivocal, unerring, unfeigning, unguarded, unidirectional, uniform, unimaginative, uninhibited, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpoetical, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unrelieved, unremitting, unreserved, unrestrained, unsophisticated, unstopped, unsuspicious, unswerving, unswervingly, unturned, unvarnished, unveeringly, unwary, upright, usher, vertical, warn, wear the pants, well-defined, wield authority, wield the baton, word for word, work

Etymology
From directus:, perfect passive participle of dirigo:, from dis-: + rego:.

Adjective

 * Arabic: مستقيم
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 直接
 * Finnish: suora
 * French: direct
 * German: direkt, unmittelbar


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: सीधा
 * Japanese: 直接
 * Russian:, непосредственный, (e.g. current)
 * Urdu: سیدھا

Verb

 * Bulgarian: ръководя, управлявам
 * Danish: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * Hebrew: ניהל
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: упътвам, насочвам
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Hebrew:
 * Russian: направлять, направить , нацеливать , нацелить

Anagrams

 * credit
 * triced

Adverb
direct


 * 1) immediately

Synonyms

 * onmiddellijk
 * meteen
 * rechtstreeks

Etymology
From directus:

Adverb

 * 1) directly

Related terms

 * diriger
 * directeur
 * direction

Derived terms

 * directement
 * en direct

Anagrams

 * crédit
 * décrit
 * dicter