Synonyms: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize, engineer
Definition: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Usage: he masterminded the robbery
Synonyms: calculate, direct, aim
Definition: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Similar words: intend, designate, destine, specify
Definition: design or destine
Usage: She was intended to become the director
Synonyms: direct
Definition: command with authority
Usage: He directed the children to do their homework
Similar words: enjoin, say, order, tell
Definition: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
Usage: I said to him to go home; She ordered him to do the shopping; The mother told the child to get dressed
Synonyms: direct
Definition: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
Usage: I directed them towards the town hall
Similar words: apprise, apprize, instruct
Definition: make aware of
Usage: Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?
Definition: put an address on (an envelope)
Similar words: label
Definition: assign a label to; designate with a label
Usage: These students were labelled `learning disabled'
Synonyms: target, direct, aim, point, place
Definition: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Usage: He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face; criticism directed at her superior; direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Similar words: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Definition: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Usage: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent
Synonyms: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Definition: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Usage: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent
Similar words: position
Definition: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Synonyms: direct
Definition: guide the actors in (plays and films)
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: direct, conduct, lead
Definition: lead, as in the performance of a composition
Usage: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
Similar words: do, perform, execute
Definition: carry out or perform an action
Usage: John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters; the skater executed a triple pirouette; she did a little dance
Synonyms: direct, steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, channelise, channelize, guide, head
Definition: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Similar words: command, control
Definition: exercise authoritative control or power over
Usage: control the budget; Command the military forces
Definition: cause to go somewhere
Usage: The explosion sent the car flying in the air; She sent her children to camp; He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: direct
Definition: be in charge of
Similar words: deal, handle, manage, care
Definition: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
Usage: I can deal with this crew of workers; This blender can't handle nuts; She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
Synonyms: direct
Definition: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
Usage: the direct opposite
Similar words: absolute
Definition: perfect or complete or pure
Usage: absolute loyalty; absolute silence; absolute truth; absolute alcohol
Synonyms: direct
Definition: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Usage: a direct route; a direct flight; a direct hit
Similar words: door-to-door
Definition: (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination
Usage: the limousine offers door-to-door service
Similar words: nonstop
Definition: (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops
Usage: a nonstop flight to Atlanta
Similar words: point-blank
Definition: close enough to go straight to the target
Usage: point-blank range; a point-blank shot
Similar words: straightforward
Definition: pointed directly ahead
Usage: a straightforward gaze
Similar words: undeviating, unswerving
Definition: going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
Usage: some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex; a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands
Similar words: through
Definition: (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
Usage: a through street; a through bus; through traffic
Synonyms: direct
Definition: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Usage: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach
Similar words: bluff
Definition: bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
Usage: a bluff but pleasant manner; a bluff and rugged natural leader
Similar words: blunt, candid, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, outspoken, forthright, frank, free-spoken
Definition: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Usage: blunt talking and straight shooting; a blunt New England farmer; I gave them my candid opinion; forthright criticism; a forthright approach to the problem; tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank; it is possible to be outspoken without being rude; plainspoken and to the point; a point-blank accusation
Similar words: brutal
Definition: disagreeably direct and precise
Usage: he spoke with brutal honesty
Similar words: flat-footed
Definition: without reservation
Usage: a flat-footed refusal
Similar words: man-to-man
Definition: forthright and honest
Usage: had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life
Similar words: no-nonsense
Definition: not tolerating irrelevancies
Usage: the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent
Similar words: unvarnished, plain
Definition: free from any effort to soften to disguise
Usage: the plain and unvarnished truth; the unvarnished candor of old people and children
Similar words: pointed
Definition: direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
Usage: a pointed critique; a pointed allusion to what was going on; another pointed look in their direction
Similar words: square, straight, straightforward
Definition: without evasion or compromise
Usage: a square contradiction; he is not being as straightforward as it appears
Similar words: upfront
Definition: frank and honest
Usage: he was upfront about his intentions
Synonyms: direct, unmediated
Definition: having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Usage: in direct sunlight; in direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to the disease; a direct link; the direct cause of the accident; direct vote
Definition: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Usage: a direct quotation; repeated their dialog verbatim
Similar words: exact
Definition: marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Usage: an exact mind; an exact copy; hit the exact center of the target
Definition: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Usage: lineal ancestors; lineal heirs; a direct descendant of the king; direct heredity
Similar words: matrilineal, matrilinear
Definition: based on or tracing descent through the female line
Usage: matrilineal inheritance
Similar words: patrilineal, patrilinear
Definition: based on or tracing descent through the male line
Usage: a patrilineal society
Similar words: unilateral
Definition: tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
Synonyms: direct
Definition: being an immediate result or consequence
Usage: a direct result of the accident
Similar words: primary
Definition: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Usage: primary goals; a primary effect; primary sources; a primary interest