STEERS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

steers

verb

present tense third-person singular of steer

as in guides

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 pilots

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 steers Yesica Fabiana Leviñanco steers her small wooden boat while her partner, Paulo Vera Perez, dives into the cold ocean waters off the coast of southern Chile. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 The band frequently steers the poppy songwriting offroad by leaning into distortion and ambience, creating moments of both near-mania and hazy unease. — Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026 Allen, who serves as founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, steers a portfolio that covers TV, film, streaming and broadcast with The Weather Channel, HBCUGO, TheGrio Television Network, BuzzFeed and HuffPost. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 That’s because El Niño typically pointsthe jet stream — the west-to-east flowing, cross-country river of air that steers storms — at the southern tier of the US. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 Camden generally steers private clients away from designing for stays longer than 30 days, though some have asked his firm to plan for a year or more. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 But since these girls don’t have anything that looks like conventional adulthood waiting for them, the film wisely steers them away from maturity and toward a kind of spiritual liberation. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 Throughout the tour, Candamil draws on his memories growing up in the market, first watching his father and then working there in his youth as a carretillero, a cargo porter who steers upright wooden carts with produce through its narrow aisles. — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Web protection steers any application away from dangerous URLs, which is a plus. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Kaepora Gaebora, the talking owl who guides your path, won't repeat himself at the slightest provocation.

— James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Sand, 44, ran on affordability, expanding health care access and ending Medicaid privatization, and often talked about how his Christian faith guides him.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of guides

Verb

The software that pilots the drones, for example, can plug into things like Boston Dynamics’ robo-dog, Spot, or into other companies’ drones.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of pilots

Verb

Nick Brown, Washington’s attorney general, leads a group of Democratic state officials and voting rights advocates who have been planning how to respond if, indeed, there is real federal interference.

— Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
McDavid is the fastest player in league history to 30 assists, leads all scorers with 39 points and is on pace to join Wayne Gretzky as the only players to reach 200 in a season.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of leads

Verb

The Viper navigates a temporary autocross course by the Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
As the company navigates fierce critics and a wave of communities outside the Atlanta area ending their contracts, Flock has been tightening some standards on its own, nationwide.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of navigates

Verb

Their predicament hijacks Irwin’s suburban family life, just as his wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson, not Hathaway) is diagnosed with a sudden illness.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
As money hijacks morality and democracy begins to look like a hoax, Tresnjak’s Broadway-caliber staging contrasts garish spectacle with piercingly intimate scenes between Claire and Anton.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of hijacks

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The artist’s best work, in a new retrospective at the Whitney Museum, directs his campy humor at gender stereotypes.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
But DeFlock, a crowdsourcing website that directs people to plot the cameras on a map after finding them, estimates the number in a 29-county area around Atlanta is more than 6,000 – both Flock and non-Flock ALPRs.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of directs

Verb

Honan and Zeche lead Honan Strategy Group, a New York polling and strategy firm that conducts the 5 Borough Barometer, a recurring survey of New York City public opinion.

— Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
Instant cooling fibers help keep your sleep surface cooler night after night, while copper infusion naturally conducts heat away from your body to help optimize sleep cycles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026