Synonyms of steered

steered

verb

past tense of steer

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guided
• led
• accompanied
• directed
• conducted
• ushered
• showed
• escorted
• routed
• piloted
• marshaled
• preceded
• controlled
• managed
• attended
• saw
• chaperoned
• convoyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followed
• trailed
• shadowed
• tailed
• hounded
• dogged
• tailgated

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piloted
• navigated
• hijacked
• helmed
• conned
• commandeered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of steered

These gaps — as well as the significant positives of antidepressants and the risks of untreated depression — steered the authors’ research. —Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026

Advocaat had steered Curacao – an island in the Caribbean Sea that is home to around 155,000 people – to the first World Cup in their history in November. —Tom Burrows, New York Times, 13 May 2026

Los Angeles Unified is seeking to recover $22 million from a contractor after alleging that a former district manager steered lucrative IT contracts to the company in exchange for kickbacks. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

Instead, their personal data is collected, or they’re steered into worse Medicare programs, the report says. —David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026

To this day, however, the Royal Family has steered well clear of the Windsor titles which have not been used since the death of the Duke in 1972 and his wife 14 years later. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 12 May 2026

Zeitz steered Harley back toward its traditional cruiser market, particularly at the premium end, shelving many of the company’s more unconventional ambitions. —New Atlas, 11 May 2026

The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction. —Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026

That tax credit steered tax dollars collected above the revenue cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights to low-income families — and in its first year, the program was credited with cutting childhood poverty in the state by more than a third. —Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 4 May 2026