Synonyms of routes

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noun

plural of route

1

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

take Route 190 for six miles, then get off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roads
• highways
• thoroughfares
• streets
• freeways
• expressways
• carriageways
• roadways
• boulevards
• arteries
• turnpikes
• arterials
• drives
• ways
• avenues
• causeways
• interstates
• lanes
• thruways
• passes
• rows
• motorways
• pike
• pikes
• high roads
• traces
• parkways
• corridors
• trails
• superhighways
• alleys
• bypasses
• drags
• switchbacks
• tracks
• beltways
• byways
• autoroutes
• autobahns
• branches
• alleyways
• autostrade
• places
• crossroads
• through streets
• side roads
• side streets
• ring roads
• backstreets
• secondary roads
• dual carriageways
• circles
• Main Streets
• corniches
• autostradas
• high streets
• dead ends
• mews
• culs-de-sac
• bystreets
• laneways
• cul-de-sacs
• shunpikes
• closes

2

as in paths

an established course for traveling from one place to another

we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paths
• roads
• approaches
• highways
• ways
• arteries
• passages
• avenues
• trails
• walks
• roadways
• thoroughfares
• tracks
• lanes
• passageways
• drives
• streets
• passes
• boulevards
• byways
• walkways
• expressways
• freeways
• turnpikes
• routeways
• airways
• rows
• channels
• pike
• pikes
• bypaths
• waterways
• bypasses
• watercourses
• laneways
• gateways
• portals
• traces
• cycleways
• gates
• high roads
• doors
• bikeways
• doorways
• hatches
• gats

3

as in ways

the direction along which something or someone moves

hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paths
• ways
• pathways
• trajectories
• steps
• tracks
• courses
• lines
• routeways
• loops
• circuits
• circles
• orbits
• descents
• arcs
• flight paths
• ascents

routes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of route

as in guides

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

the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guides
• steers
• leads
• shows
• pilots
• accompanies
• escorts
• marshals
• ushers
• conducts
• directs
• marshalls
• precedes
• convoys
• controls
• manages
• chaperons
• chaperones
• sees
• attends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trails
• follows
• shadows
• tails
• dogs
• hounds
• tailgates