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route

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of route

1 a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
  • Take Route 190 for six miles, then get off.
Synonyms of route

arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike, way
Words Related to route

causeway

autoroute, interstate, superhighway

beltway, bypass, parkway

corniche, switchback

through street

Main Street

backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street

alley, alleyway

circle, lane, place

cul-de-sac, dead end

corridor

track, trail
2 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 of route

approach, avenue, passage, path, way
Words Related to route

bypath, byway, lane

artery, boulevard, bypass, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, passageway, pike, road, roadway, row, street, thoroughfare, turnpike

walk, walkway

trace, track, trail

airway

bikeway

channel, gat, watercourse, waterway

door
3 the direction along which something or someone moves
  • Hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard.
Synonyms of route

course, line, path, pathway, steps, track, way
Words Related to route

circle, circuit, loop, orbit

arc, flight path, trajectory

ascent, descent

route

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of route

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
  • The guide routed us smoothly through the jungle.
Synonyms of route

conduct, direct, guide, lead, marshal (also marshall), pilot, show, steer, usher
Words Related to route

precede

accompany, attend, chaperone (or chaperon), convoy, escort, see

control, manage
Near Antonyms of route

dog, hound, shadow, tail, tailgate
Antonyms of route

follow, trail

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