Roget's Thesaurus

#629. Circuit

Nouns

circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages, loop; winding etc. (circuition) 311; zigzag etc. (deviation) 279.

Verbs

perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one's way; make a detour; meander etc. (deviate) 279. lead a pretty dance; beat about the bush; make two bites of a cherry.

Adjectives

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

Adverbs

by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from pillar to post.