Detour Synonyms and Antonyms

dēto͝or, dĭ-to͝or
A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bypass
  2. roundabout way
  3. deviation
  4. alternate route
  5. temporary route
  6. circuitous route
  7. byway
  8. bypath
  9. avoid
  10. back-road
  11. service road
  12. branch
  13. alternate highway
  14. secondary highway
  15. indirect way
  16. circumvent
  17. circuit
  18. digression
  19. divert
  20. reroute
  21. skirt
  22. turn
Antonyms:
  1. highway
  2. direct route
  3. main-road
To pass around but not through
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bypass
  2. circumnavigate
  3. circumvent
  4. go around
  5. skirt

Words Related to Detour

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Detour Sentence Examples

  • Instruct everyone that drives in this direction to take a detour because the bridge is not safe in this inclement weather.

  • After making a long detour north, often crossing the roads previously travelled by Bonvalot and Bower, and passing by Riwoche, he came to Chiamdo and Tachienlu.

  • Thus the passes which crossed a single ridge, and did not involve too great a detour through a long valley of approach, became the most important and the most popular, e.g.

  • Making a slight detour to the north to Kabango, the party reached Lake Dilolo on the 13th of June 18J5.

  • From it three routes start for West Turkestan; the one principally used climbs over the Bedel pass (13,000 ft.) in the Kokshal-tau and makes a detour round the east and along the north side of the Issyk-kul, while the others cross over the Muz-art pass (12,000 ft.), on the northeast shoulder of Khan-tengri, and the Terek pass (12,730 ft.) respectively, the latter into Ferghana.

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