detour

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DETOUR

to avoid by going around <we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium>

Synonyms bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, skirt

Related Words leapfrog; avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, shake, shun

Near Antonyms confront, face, meet; accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

to change one's course or direction <we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction>

Synonyms detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheel

Related Words tack, zigzag; double (back), turn back

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