Circuitous
Circuitous adjective - Not straightforward or direct.
Paraphrastic and circuitous are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Paraphrastic" with "Circuitous", this adjectives are similar.
Paraphrastic
Paraphrastic adjective - Altered by paraphrasing.
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Synonyms for Paraphrastic
Circuitous and paraphrastic are semantically related. You can use "Circuitous" instead an adjective "Paraphrastic".
Nearby Words: paraphrase, paraphrased
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Related pairs
- diffuse and circuitous
- diffuse and paraphrastic
- wandering and circuitous
- wandering and paraphrastic
- verbose and circuitous
- verbose and paraphrastic
- indirect and circuitous
- indirect and paraphrastic
- tortuous and circuitous
- tortuous and paraphrastic
- rambling and circuitous
- rambling and paraphrastic
- prolix and circuitous
- prolix and paraphrastic
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