Entry Word: detour

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to avoid by going around <we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium>

Synonyms bypass, circumvent, skirt

Related Words circumnavigate; avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shake, shun

Near Antonyms 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> — see turn 3