STEERED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

steered

verb

past tense of steer

as in guided

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction

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as in piloted

to operate or control the course of first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake

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Recent Examples of steered Ever mindful of the job at hand, Parton gently steered us back to the awards show, though not before turning to Brooks with a little smile. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Three years ago, 79% of Gen Z respondents told Jobber’s Blue Collar Report that their parents had steered them toward four-year college, and only 5% considered vocational school an option. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 In other words, the company maintains the decision to travel that day was not a violation of guiding procedure, but that the group just steered slightly wrong and got caught. — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Since hot air balloons can’t be steered like airplanes, skilled pilots must climb and descend to catch winds moving in different directions to achieve this goal. — Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit further alleges the practices steered buyers away from homes offering lower commissions, ultimately increasing costs for some homebuyers. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 At the arrow’s impact, the buck hunched and steered dead for the woods. — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had also sounded the alarm in 2015 that borrowers were needlessly steered into expensive forbearances, during which interest accrues and credit toward forgiveness is paused. — Annie Nova, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 Pielke in his own book, The Wuhan Mystery, concludes that Fauci steered the cause of the Covid virus toward a natural origin. — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Second-quarter total sales and same-store sales lagged expectations, and Burlington guided third-quarter earnings per share and same-store sales below Wall Street estimates, according to StreetAccount.

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The footage shows contestants happily enduring all sorts of mayhem, while being guided by the voice of the late actor Gene Wilder, who famously played Willy Wonka in the 1971 movie.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of guided

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As Moore piloted a research boat last month, the largest Great Lake was calm and pancake flat, its water so clear the bottom could be seen at multiple depths.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Walker piloted both flights and became the first person to go to space twice.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of piloted

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Its foray into dealmaking has led many in media to wonder if Netflix could be on the hunt for another opportunity.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Mladic first led a Serb insurgency in Croatia before taking over the Bosnian Serb army that was backed by Serbia and then-President Slobodan Milosevic, who also died in the custody of the Hague court in 2006 while on trial for genocide.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of led

Verb

Ironing those out before Week 1 matters for a team that has navigated turnover issues in recent years.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
After Skubal navigated some hard contact in the sixth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but failed to score.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026