DETOURED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

detoured

verb

past tense of detour

as in bypassed

to avoid by going around we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium

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as in deviated

to change one's course or direction we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction

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Recent Examples of detoured During this time, drivers will be detoured off I-277 Inner at Exit 3A to 11th Street, before continuing back to I-277 Inner. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026 Winsted Road was detoured for several hours as the Torrington Police Department Accident Investigation Team collected evidence and mapped the scene. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 For half a century, the road to the White House detoured through Jerusalem. — Aaron Kaplowitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Bike traffic will be detoured around the closure through Agnew Road, Lakeshore Drive, Gianera Street, and Stars and Stripes Drive. — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Traffic was detoured along a route that took drivers an additional six to eight hours to navigate, and the state issued a disaster declaration to acquire federal funding. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 26 June 2026 Eastbound traffic on Santa Fe, north of Brougham Drive, will be detoured as part of closure three. — Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026 During the closure, motorists will be detoured from Richards Boulevard to westbound I-80, then routed to Old Davis Road to return to eastbound I-80, Caltrans said. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026 In the nearly seven years since her Sweetener World Tour, Grande detoured from her hugely successful pop career to amplify her acting aspirations. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 June 2026

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Verb

Are Ross Wilson and Hopkinson being bypassed on big decisions?

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The Dolphins wanted to draft a quarterback that year but bypassed Willis, waited and took Skylar Thompson late.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of bypassed

Verb

The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of deviated

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In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Those have avoided injuries to key players that can demoralize a team and affect a season.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoided

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The offer of a trial from Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson that eventually turned into a short-term contract until January 2025 proved the merits of all that hard work.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Crews are also using steam to remove blotches of chewing gum, which have turned black over time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned

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Now Nightmare Eclipse claims to have effectively circumvented the company’s patch through ShieldBreak by apparently leveraging a different method.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of circumvented

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The inning should have been over after Bo Bichette swung on a bouncing pitch that went back to the backstop, but Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz threw the ball past first base, and Bichette was safe.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
But this game’s hinges swung the other way when the Padres turned things around against Gavin Williams and Michael King turned things around against the Guardians.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of swung

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However, even on longer drives with the second and third units, the Bills generally veered toward keeping a pass-rushing pair in the game for six-plus snaps at a time.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Instead, in their wake, the league veered far in the other direction, taking the finesse out of the game and turning on-court play into a street fight, with officials unable or unwilling to get their arms round the physicality.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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