Synonyms of the word

roundabout

• adj. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
• adj. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
• n. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis…
• n. A fairground carousel.
• n. A detour.
• n. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.

carousel

• n. a merry-go-round.
• n. a continuously revolving device for item delivery.
• n. the rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
• n. (Internet, graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a series of images one at a time.

carrousel

• n. a ride in a carnival or circus, or park, that usually has seats fashioned like horses or other animals.
• n. a means of retrieving luggage at an airport or other travel area.

circle

• n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
• n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
• n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
• n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
• n. Orbit.
• n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
• n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
• n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
• n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
• n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
• n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
• n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
• n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
• n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
• n. A territorial division or district.
• n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
• v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
• v. (transitive) To surround.
• v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
• v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.

circuitous

• adj. Not direct or to the point.
• adj. Of a long and winding route.

devious

• adj. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.

indirect

• adj. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.

junction

• n. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
• n. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
• n. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors,…
• n. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
• n. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
• n. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

merry-go-round

• n. carousel; a pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types…
• n. a piece of playground equipment in the style of a merry-go-round.
• n. (figuratively) A dead-end search; a bustle of activity that gets nowhere.
• n. (rail transport) A freight train of hopper goods wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving.

ride

• v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle…
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
• v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such…
• v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
• v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
• v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
• v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
• v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
• v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
• v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
• v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
• n. An instance of riding.
• n. (informal) A vehicle.
• n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
• n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
• n. (Britain) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
• n. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
• n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

rotary

• adj. Having or being capable of having rotation.
• n. (New England) A traffic circle.
• n. Usually with a capital initial, short for Rotary movement, an international club for community service.

whirligig

• n. Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top.
• n. A whirligig beetle.
• n. A device for punishing prisoners comprising a wooden cage that rapidly spins around.