Definition of direct

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • direct is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • direct is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • direct is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of direct


  • plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. engineer
    2. mastermind
    3. orchestrate
    4. organise
    5. organize
  • take somebody somewhere (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. conduct
    2. guide
    3. lead
    4. take
  • having no intervening persons, agents, conditions (adjective)

    Examples

    1. in direct sunlight
    2. in direct contact with the voters
    3. direct exposure to the disease
    4. a direct link
    5. the direct cause of the accident
    6. direct vote

    Synonyms

    1. unmediated
  • put an address on (an envelope) (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. address
  • specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. aim
    2. calculate
  • lead, as in the performance of a composition (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. conduct
    2. lead
  • in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a direct descendant of the king
    2. direct heredity

    Synonyms

    1. lineal
  • cause to go somewhere (verb)

    Examples

    1. He directed all his energies into his dissertation

    Synonyms

    1. send
  • in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a direct quotation

    Synonyms

    1. verbatim
  • without deviation (adverb)

    Examples

    1. the path leads directly to the lake
    2. went direct to the office

    Synonyms

    1. directly
    2. straight
  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. channelise
    2. channelize
    3. guide
    4. head
    5. maneuver
    6. manoeuver
    7. manoeuvre
    8. point
    9. steer
  • intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb)

    Examples

    1. criticism directed at her superior
    2. direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself

    Synonyms

    1. aim
    2. place
    3. point
    4. target
  • point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. aim
    2. take
    3. take aim
    4. train
  • be in charge of (verb)
  • being an immediate result or consequence (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a direct result of the accident
  • command with authority (verb)

    Examples

    1. He directed the children to do their homework
  • direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a direct route
    2. a direct flight
    3. a direct hit
  • give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction (verb)

    Examples

    1. I directed them towards the town hall
  • guide the actors in (plays and films) (verb)
  • lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the direct opposite
  • moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth (adjective)
  • (of a current) flowing in one direction only (adjective)

    Examples

    1. direct current
  • similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
  • straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a direct question
    2. a direct response
    3. a direct approach

See definition of direct in Merriam Webster