roundabout
Indirect, like detours
A roundabout is a circular intersection where traffic flows in one direction around a central island—vehicles yield on entry and exit at their desired road.
The design keeps traffic moving without signals.
As an adjective, roundabout means indirect or circuitous: She took a roundabout route to avoid traffic.
A roundabout way of saying something avoids directness.
In British English, a roundabout is also a merry-go-round.
Involving circular motion
- traffic circleCircular road intersection
- junctionPoint where things meet
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- yieldProduce or relinquish
lanes · exits · give way · navigation · multilane · signage · slip road · circulating
Indirect, winding path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
digressive · circumlocutory · periphrastic · winding · rambling · elliptical · convoluted · tortuous
rotary
Involving circular motion
- traffic circleCircular road intersection
- junctionPoint where things meet
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
yield · lanes · exits · give way · navigation · multilane · signage · slip road · circulating · entry
circuitous
Indirect, winding path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
tangential · digressive · circumlocutory · periphrastic · winding · rambling · elliptical · convoluted · tortuous · nonlinear
fairground
Outdoor amusement venue
playground · rides · rotation · gallopers · music · organ · canopy · platform · amusement park · carnival
- traffic controlstop light, traffic light, traffic signal, crosswalk, traffic camera
- traffic termsrush hour, traffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, peak hours
- neighborhood featurestownhouse, boulevards, duplex, parkways, avenues
- British streetscapehigh street, pavement, kerb, lamppost, bollard
- traffic circlesrotary
- traffic engineeringtraffic signal, traffic light, traffic control, traffic jam, congestion
roundaboutdirect
Undeviating or to guide
straight · beeline · shortcut · as the crow flies · linear
roundaboutdirect
Undeviating or to guide
straightforward · frank · forthright · candid · blunt
roundabouttraffic light
Road signal device
stoplight · four-way stop · traffic signal · intersection · crossroads