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

One of the alternative routes would reduce the project’s footprint in the Anza-Borrego Desert by about nine miles, and go through the community of Borrego Springs instead. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026

Gabriel’s routes to points are sensational, with eight goal involvements last season, plus earning defensive contribution points on 11 occasions and 30 bonus points. — Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Iran has also been in discussion with Oman to work out an agreement to define transit routes through the strait. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

These special itineraries range from international routes aboard ultra-luxe sleeper trains to glamorous coastal excursions and retro-chic day trips through the country’s winemaking regions. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026

Metrolink has opted to suspend some routes heading through Orange County this week due to an extended period of high tides that are expected to batter the Southern California coast. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

The death of a language is like that of square dancing, or of doing algebra by pencil and paper, and mistaking metaphor for reality is one of the surest routes to woolly thinking. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Analysts start debating supply, demand, geopolitics and shipping routes. — Maxim Olkhovskiy, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Nasser said the company will continue to capitalize on all export routes, including Hormuz, the Bab al-Mandeb strait in the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Sumed pipeline in Egypt. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Verb

Every custom silicon program launched by every lab still routes through the same handful of companies that design, connect and manufacture chips for a living. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 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

Other steps include creating a greeting, enabling call recording (if your plan supports it), and setting business hours (which determines whether the system sends a customer to voicemail right away or routes the call). — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026

In addition, the new system routes incoming calls to the closest of the county’s three call centers, switching automatically to another county center if any one should become flooded with calls, and even recruiting nearby counties in the rare event all three county centers are overwhelmed. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2026

For images, Google routes your prompt to Nano Banana. — ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026

This is software that encrypts data traffic and routes it through private tunnels to secure servers to prevent anyone from being able to read it. — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026