reroute

verb

re·​route (ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 

-ˈrau̇t

rerouted; rerouting

transitive verb

1

transitive : 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

2

intransitive : to switch to a different route

The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.

Examples of reroute in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following the fires and the closure of both stores, Walker scrambled to reroute many of her associates and stylists. —Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 May 2025

Shifting focus to domestic travelers As international tourism dampens, local communities like Flagstaff, Arizona, are rerouting their attention to domestic travelers. —Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 26 May 2025

Operators rerouted power in real time — and kept the lights on. —Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025

Airlines that previously made huge profit from trans-Atlantic flights are now rerouting aircraft to regions with more stable demand, such as Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. —Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025

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