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Synonyms for roundabout
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
A roundabout paragraph.
The true synonym
circuitous
Same sentence, swapped: A circuitous paragraph.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for roundabout as it is used in the sentence above.
- tubby
- ambient
- plump
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