Direct and Turning

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Direct

Direct adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.
Usage example: this road provides the most direct route to your destination
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Turning is an antonym for direct.
Nearby Words: direction, directed, directly, directing, directness

Turning

Turning noun - A movement in a new direction.
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Antonyms for Turning
Direct is an antonym for turning.
Nearby Words: turn, turned, turner, turnery
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  • Hollywood Hype Machine The failures of The Return and The Air I Breathe saw her turning to voice-over work and direct-to-video films, gradually fading from the mainstream.
    Source: Hollywood Hype Machine
  • Remilia is somewhat more traditional as a vampire, disliking sunlight, turning into a bat, claiming direct descendence from Dracula, and such.
    Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Video Games
  • Film / This Island Earth Colony Drop: Metaluna's enemies direct a fierce bombardment of meteorites at it, eventually turning it into a "radioactive sun"...somehow.
    Source: Film / This Island Earth
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Turning and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/turning
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