Synonyms of routed

routed 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of rout

1

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin

as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• buried
• bombed
• overcame
• trounced
• pasted
• flattened
• trimmed
• clobbered
• thrashed
• upset
• threw
• walloped
• topped
• annihilated
• smothered
• mastered
• dusted
• beat
• overwhelmed
• dispatched
• shellacked
• creamed
• swept
• took
• waxed
• smoked
• drubbed
• skinned
• tromped
• scored
• blew away
• snowed under
• conquered
• destroyed
• whomped
• whupped
• surpassed
• succeeded
• capped
• whopped
• beat the pants off
• exceeded
• skunked
• wiped the floor with
• crushed
• ate alive
• ran circles around
• vanquished
• subdued
• slaughtered
• surmounted
• licked
• bested
• finished
• subjugated
• overmatched
• overthrew
• hurdled
• eclipsed
• overpowered
• won (against)
• prevailed (over)
• outdistanced
• upended
• triumphed (over)
• transcended
• outstripped
• overtopped
• excelled
• bettered
• outshone
• worsted
• outdid
• knocked over
• flourished
• outfought
• knocked off
• pipped
• edged (out)
• aced (out)
• sank
• broke
• overbore
• nosed out
• did in

2

as in chased

to drive or force out

the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chased
• ejected
• banished
• dismissed
• outed
• expelled
• removed
• evicted
• extruded
• ousted
• sacked
• bounced
• cast out
• kicked out
• fired
• sent packing
• turned out
• booted (out)
• ran off
• drummed (out)
• exiled
• turfed (out)
• threw out
• gave one the gate
• displaced
• shut out
• deported
• terminated
• ostracized
• expatriated
• read out
• dispossessed
• axed
• discharged
• cashiered
• canned
• released
• retired
• mustered out
• deforced
• defenestrated
• pink-slipped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• accepted
• took
• admitted
• welcomed
• housed
• lodged
• took in
• entertained
• sheltered
• harbored

routed

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of route

as in steered

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front

the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steered
• guided
• led
• accompanied
• directed
• conducted
• ushered
• showed
• escorted
• marshaled
• piloted
• preceded
• controlled
• managed
• convoyed
• attended
• saw
• chaperoned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trailed
• followed
• hounded
• shadowed
• tailed
• dogged
• tailgated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of routed

Verb

Above that threshold, the message would be routed automatically to billing or technical support. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been routed through political groups that do not disclose their donors, including pop-up super PACs that form and spend late in races, CBS News has reported. — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

According to Anthropic, some labs routed their own customers’ prompts to Claude and then saved Claude’s responses to train their own models. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Arizona State routed Morgan State in its opener, a game so lopsided both coaches agreed to take five minutes off the clock. — Doug Haller, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Caleb Komolafe rushed for a career-high 188 yards and a touchdown, and Northwestern routed Penn State 34-13 on Friday night in the first game at the new Ryan Field. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

In production architecture, verification and validation loops have to be placed around every point where AI works, and any field that shows a confidence score below a set threshold has to be routed automatically to human review. — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

That allows for building services like HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, to be conveniently routed beneath the slab. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Elsewhere in the broader PasteSwitch operation, Windows users could be routed through Run or PowerShell-based attack paths. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026