Synonyms of routes

routes 1 of 2

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
• pike
• motorways
• high roads
• traces
• parkways
• corridors
• trails
• superhighways
• alleys
• bypasses
• drags
• switchbacks
• tracks
• beltways
• byways
• autoroutes
• autobahns
• branches
• alleyways
• 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
• 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
• 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
• ushers
• conducts
• directs
• escorts
• marshals
• precedes
• convoys
• controls
• manages
• chaperones
• sees
• attends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of routes

Noun

However, their effectiveness can be limited against drones navigating along preprogrammed routes or communicating through fiber-optic cables. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

While Levine Cava’s reductions on late-night routes survived intact in the budget, commissioners agreed to take up the issue again this fall before the cuts took effect this spring. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

During the upcoming closure, Caltrans is recommending several alternate routes. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Iran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers and regional energy infrastructure, disrupting energy supply routes and refining capabilities across the Middle East. — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

In other cases, people can still walk along Roman routes, such as the Appian Way, which features some of the original volcanic stones that the Romans expertly laid. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Interceptions were more frequent than in previous training camps, but, like the one with Moore, some involved the new wideouts fine-tuning their routes. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

If heavy cargo can move faster between remote locations, companies could shorten some supply routes. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Janelle Griffith, global logistics practice leader at global risk management firm Marsh, said spikes in trucking traffic and routes are occurring now in Georgia and Texas. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

The organization collects footwear and clothing donations and routes them toward reuse channels. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

That means if Robinhood routes bets on Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen to throw for at least 300 passing yards through OG’s exchange, the brokerage app wouldn’t be taking anything away from Rothera, which has never offered that type of wager. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026

To establish this metric, the system processes daily historical records from the US Geological Survey’s stream gage network alongside Dayflow, an Oak Ridge dataset that routes runoff across American river channels. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Tubes drawn from a patient's arm travel a track that centrifuges them, checks the sample volume and quality and then routes them to whichever analyzer needs them and archives what's left, without the need for a technician. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

The lymphatic system collects that fluid from your tissues and routes it through a network of vessels, nodes and organs running parallel to the circulatory system throughout nearly the entire body, per StatPearls. — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026

Charter routes much of the traffic through its Wi-Fi networks. — Kelcee Griffis, Fortune, 27 June 2026