reroute

verb

re·​route (ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 

-ˈrau̇t

rerouted; rerouting

transitive verb

: to send or direct (something) on or along a different route

rerouting flights/traffic

Bypassing roads, of course, was a prime consideration in rerouting the trail …

—Paul Dunphy

automatically reroutes incoming calls

intransitive verb

: to switch to a different route

The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.

Examples of reroute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These include having freight and team kit rerouted, as well as cost cap adjustments. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 26 July 2026

This means users can now reroute requests flagged by Claude's safety classifiers on Opus 5 or Fable 5 to another model, rather than being blocked outright. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 July 2026

The Saudis can reroute that oil north through the Suez Canal, but the largest, fully laden oil tankers can’t get through that way because of depth constraints, noted Natasha Kaneva, head of global commodities strategy at JPMorgan. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Arriving pre-equipped with stringent, safety-first guardrails designed to block or reroute dangerous requests, it was meant to prevent the general public from accessing its potent capabilities. — James Marks, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for reroute

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute