ROUTES Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

routes 1 of 2

noun

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plural of route

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel take Route 190 for six miles, then get off

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Relevance

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

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as in ways

the direction along which something or someone moves hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard

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routes

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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

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Recent Examples of routes

Noun

South Korea routes around 70% of its crude oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. —

Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Ongoing military activity in the Middle East and disagreements over Iran’s control of key shipping routes have left the diplomatic effort vulnerable to collapse before the talks even begin. —

Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Certain routes offer better pricing due to favorable aircraft availability, Brunson-Pitts notes. —

Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026 The war in the Middle East, home to some of the world’s largest air travel hubs, has upended the global aviation industry, driving carriers to new routes. —

Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026 Has the hips and feet to run routes on all three levels …. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 Trinity Metro’s Bus routes – 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 46, 89, and the Orange Line – also go to Fort Worth Central Station. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026 Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific recently bumped fuel surcharges by roughly 34% across all routes, while Air India on Monday added up to $280 in fees to some flights. —

Rio Yamat, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 With some companies pausing travel to risky areas until further notice, voluntary flight cancellations on Europe to Asia routes more than doubled in the first week of March, according to data from travel agency Perk. —

Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026

Verb

Pact routes those materials through specialized processing, diverting large volumes of material from landfills, said Snider. —

ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026 How Phantom Shuttle steals your data Socket researchers say Phantom Shuttle routes all your web traffic through proxy servers controlled by the attacker. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026 This underwater infrastructure quietly routes 95-99% of internet traffic, depending on the estimate, and are both complex to install and critical to the functioning of the web. —

PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025 Our ReturnsDirect solution routes items directly from the customer to nonprofit, skipping the warehouse and eliminating the costs associated with that end of the supply chain. —

Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025 The web page now routes users to the university’s Center for Connection Culture. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025 LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast. —

Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Consumption is up 30% this year, with passengers on the London, Paris, Sydney, and Moscow routes the biggest consumers. —

Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The new semiconductor design instantly routes dangerous currents away, preventing the explosive electrical arcs that can occur when mechanical breakers fail on DC lines. —

Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for routes

Noun

For myself, having a Wrangler is the perfect vehicle to just drive these desolate roads.

— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The affected roads include Fay Avenue, Girard Avenue, Herschel Avenue, Pearl Street, La Jolla Boulevard, Prospect Street, Gilman Drive, La Jolla Shores Drive, Torrey Pines Road and more.

— Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026