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What is another word for
detour
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▲
Noun
An alternative route for use by traffic when the usual road is temporarily closed
A change of direction in movement or a physical path
The action of evading something
A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination
Any of the parts of something that divides from a main section or line
Verb
To find a way around (an obstacle)
To deviate from one's course or direction
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▲
Noun
▲
An alternative route for use by traffic when the usual road is temporarily closed
diversion
deviation
bypass
bypath
byway
deflection
departure
digression
divagation
divergence
divergency
roundabout route
alternative route
indirect route
branch
circuit
circuitous route
circumbendibus
circumnavigation
circumvention
crotch
fork
ring road
runaround
scenic route
substitute
tourist route
indirect course
rat run
relief road
alternate route
back road
secondary highway
service road
temporary route
long way around
long way round
roundabout way
variation
excursus
wandering
aside
tangent
difference
parenthesis
rambling
excursion
drifting
discursion
obiter dictum
footnote
episode
note
apostrophe
straying
variance
irrelevancy
incident
ringroad
meandering
foray
maundering
shortcut
interpolation
shift
going off at a tangent
losing one's thread
getting sidetracked
straying from the topic
deviation from the subject
straying from the point
incidental remark
change
incomparability
distinction
dissimilarity
aberration
discrepancy
contrast
disparateness
alteration
unlikeness
discrepance
dissimilitude
diversity
disparity
disagreement
irregularity
more ❯
“He made a
detour
around the outskirts of the city.”
Noun
▲
A change of direction in movement or a physical path
departure
deviation
veer
divergence
turning
fork
turn
bend
bending
straying
swerve
swerving
veering
deflection
curve
swing
twist
change of course
change of direction
turn-off
turning aside
turning away
branching off
branching out
diversion
refraction
drift
alteration
divagation
declination
divergency
aberration
slew
change
rebound
glance
ricochet
drawing away
divarication
right-about
left-about
about-face
reversal
variation
digression
rerouting
redirection
difference
disparity
discrepancy
variance
anomaly
irregularity
abnormality
nonconformity
inconsistency
eccentricity
shift
fluctuation
oddness
deviance
unorthodoxy
modification
unconventionality
deviancy
freakishness
breach
variableness
transgression
hereticism
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
run-around
avoidance
come-off
delay
difficulty
diversion
elusion
escape
escaping
eschewal
evasion
inertia
postponement
roundabout
shunning
dodging
eluding
ducking
circumvention
eschewing
shirking
shaking
out
cop-out
dodge
evading
refraining
escapism
nonparticipation
keeping away
retreat
flight
steering clear
body swerve
steering clear of
cunning
fudging
deception
shuffling
pretext
artifice
bypassing
subterfuge
prevarication
trickery
ruse
sidestepping
equivocation
go-by
obliqueness
evasiveness
sophism
bilking
sophistry
ditch
shift
lie
jive
stall
stonewall
getting out of
finding a way round
quibble
equivocating
trick
routine
excuse
fugivity
skirting
stonewalling
fancy footwork
fugiviteness
slip
abstention
refrainment
bypass
holding off
circumventing
hack
loophole
sidestep
workaround
more ❯
Noun
▲
A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination
route
course
path
line
track
way
circuit
direction
trail
steps
round
routeway
run
journey
beat
passage
approach
method
pathway
avenue
itinerary
lane
beeline
byway
rounds
program
US
programme
UK
means
plot
flight path
short cut
trajectory
bearing
road
orbit
orientation
tack
flight
arc
ambit
curve
tour
heading
system
procedure
plan
strategy
scheme
routine
course of action
turn
aim
angle
point
schedule
movement
racecourse
channel
lap
formula
technique
vector
manner
process
tactic
rut
compass reading
point of compass
practice
form
style
fashion
recipe
beaten path
mechanism
methodology
tactics
mode
modus
modus operandi
session
axis
flow
range
trace
tracks
how
agency
glide path
march
precinct
patrol
walk
footpath
step
direct course
option
alternative
singletrack
conduit
timetable
guide
Baedeker
guidebook
canal
raceway
race
beaten track
outline
thoroughfare
watercourse
drive
aisle
thruway
flume
aqueduct
waterway
duct
dirt track
ground
travel plan
planned route
stream
piste
travel arrangements
flight plan
cinder track
stadium
speedway
racetrack
circus
velodrome
cirque
arrangement
medium
modality
rubric
proceeding
schema
channels
method of working
custom
tenor
wrinkle
how-to
ways and means
nuts and bolts
the book
red tape
more ❯
Noun
▲
Any of the parts of something that divides from a main section or line
branch
fork
split
bifurcation
division
cleft
divide
junction
ramification
divergence
prong
extension
separation
sundering
branching
splitting
forking
fractionalization
disunion
scission
schism
cleavage
partition
fractionation
dissolution
breakup
Verb
▲
To find a way around (an obstacle)
circumvent
bypass
circumnavigate
skirt
go round
get around
detour round
pass round
go around
skirt round
move around
pass around
make a detour round
give a wide berth to
find a way round
find a way around
avoid
go past
keep out of
circle
pass over
edge past
walk round
move round
dodge
evade
sidestep
duck
escape
beat
shortcut
outwit
outflank
foil
thwart
overcome
outmanoeuvre
UK
get round
stymie
get past
get out of
shirk
elude
outmaneuver
US
end-run
work around
Verb
▲
To deviate from one's course or direction
veer
deviate
diverge
swerve
turn
swing
wheel
sheer
turn off
bend
drift
meander
digress
divagate
redirect
stray
divert
slew
depart
sidetrack
angle off
turn aside
wander
curve
change course
twist
deflect
change direction
branch off
yaw
turn away
incline
skew
wind
move away
curl
whip
bear
zigzag
weave
shift
cut
snake
loop
pivot
part
sway
sheer off
get sidetracked
turn from
leave beaten path
take a turn
bear off
move
ramble
career
switch
swivel
differ
pass
arch
maunder
hook
crook
bow
excurse
be deflected
incurvate
lean
verge
careen
shy
go off course
angle away
make a right
make a left
train off
head
remove
break
zig
zag
tack
sweep
fork
sheer away
change
trend
arc
round
skid
whirl
dip
avert
volte-face
fall off
camber
get around
go around
recoil
focus
corner
rechannel
direct
set
alternate
return
backslide
retrace
alter
revert
angle
warp
contort
pass around
take a bend
hang a right
hang a left
tilt
deform
ricochet
waver
flex
stoop
refract
crimp
buckle
droop
sidestep
sideslip
alter course
veer off
get off course
swing over
depart from
slip
vary
transform
convert
progress
mutate
vacillate
tend
evolve
run
morph
roam
go
fluctuate
metamorphose
slue
transmogrify
slither
modulate
gravitate
lead
glide
transfer
flow
slide
coast
skim
coil
spiral
toboggan
leave-one-out
reorient
lurch
turn sharply
back
snap
slant
proceed
bank
derogate
jackknife
disperse
aberrate
extend
make
straggle
bias
be
lie
abandon
desert
load
reroute
segue
wander away
transition
bulge
undulate
corkscrew
channel
reverse
swell
modify
offlead
steer
convolute
screw
gyrate
concave
inflect
wreathe
incurve
convex
shunt
rearrange
turnabout
channel away
head off
draw away
turn round
change the course of
twist and turn
put about
point
change over
change around
wrap around
chop and change
come about
go about
segue into
feed into
transit
lither
pervert
spin out
glissade
go into skid
stream
skate
sail
plane
roll
brush
whisk
breeze
cruise
bowl
smooth along
drive
aquaplane
move along
scooch
move smoothly
move over
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