DETOURED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

detoured

verb

past tense of detour

as in bypassed

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

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as in deviated

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

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Recent Examples of detoured Northbound 287 traffic will be detoured to the Wilbarger Street exit. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 Drivers will be detoured to Doors 3 and 4 on the other side of the terminal, the airport said in a news release. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Bicyclists and pedestrians will be detoured using Garrison Street. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 But also, an increasing number of Latin artists are staking their own claims to complexity, such as Fuerza Regida, who detoured their corridos into Jersey club, or DJ duo Røz, who pepper their festival sets with electro-rock flirtations. — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Southbound traffic is being detoured from West Third Street to the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, then to Second Street and Elm Street. — Jane Imbody, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 Several bus routes, however, have been detoured to accommodate the set up and tear down of the race. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 During this time, drivers will be detoured off I-277 Inner at Exit 3A to 11th Street, before continuing back to I-277 Inner. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026 Winsted Road was detoured for several hours as the Torrington Police Department Accident Investigation Team collected evidence and mapped the scene. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

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Researchers at Fudan University in China have bypassed onboard storage entirely by turning the ground beneath the machine into a power supply.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
The judge also found that the government improperly bypassed the usual process for adopting federal regulations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypassed

Verb

Indian cricketers have avoided handshakes with Pakistan players, and have refused to accept the trophy and medals from a Pakistani official at more than one tournament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Then Baldwin avoided chasing a pair of sliders to even the count.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoided

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Towns finished with eight points, seven rebounds and three assists but turned the ball over three times, shot two-of-seven from the field, and lost his positional matchup to Davis, the former perennial All-Star whose career was derailed by injury.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
In 2025, Tasveer acquired the Ark Lodge Cinema in Seattle’s Columbia City and turned it into the Tasveer Film Center, which shows international cinema every day of the week.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned

Verb

The sides agreed to that trade in late June but didn't complete it until earlier this month, delaying the process because of the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules on Leonard's behalf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
But the sides put the agreement on hold in early July pending any resolution of the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules with regard to Leonard's compensation.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumvented

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The outpost has welcomed 298 visitors from 26 countries since the doors swung open in 2000, by NASA’s count.

— Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
In the top of the second, Shohei Ohtani walked to lead off the inning, then stole second as Teoscar Hernandez swung through strike three.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of swung

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Oil prices yo-yoed in another shaky day, and the price of a barrel of Brent oil veered between $98 and $103 Friday.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Multiple students suffered minor injuries when a small school bus veered off the road and struck a building in Suffield on Thursday morning, sending nearly a dozen individuals to the hospital.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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