detour | Definition of detour

detour

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of detour

1 to avoid by going around

we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium

Synonyms of detour

bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, skirt

Words Related to detour

avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, shake, shun

Near Antonyms of detour

confront, face, meet

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

2 to change one's course or direction

we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction

Synonyms of detour

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

Words Related to detour

double (back), turn back