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roundabout

noun

1 roundabout

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

synonyms: circle, rotary, traffic circle.

Dutch: carrousel, rotonde
Polish: rondo

2 roundabout

A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.

synonyms: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig.

Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; ... show more

Dutch: carrousel, draaimolen, mallemolen, paardemolen, paardenmolen, zweef, zweefmolen, zwiermolen
Polish: karuzela

adjective

1 roundabout

Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct:
— A roundabout paragraph.
— Hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend.

synonym: circuitous.

Roget 573: diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome, long-winded, longspun, long drawn out; spun out, ... show more

Roget 629: circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag etc. (deviating) 279; backhanded.   

2 roundabout

Deviating from a straight course:
— A roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic.

synonyms: circuitous, devious.


Moby thesaurus: Byzantine, Ferris wheel, O-shaped, ambages, ambagious, ambient, anfractuous, apparent, backhanded, balled up, bypass, carousel, chubby, chute-the-chutes, chutes, circling, circuit, circuitous, circular, circumambages ... show more.

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