VEERS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

veers 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of veer

as in deviates

to change one's course or direction at this point the river veers to the southwest before finally emptying into the Atlantic Ocean

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as in turns

to change the course or direction of (something) veered the ship abruptly to the right to avoid a collision

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as in swerves

to depart abruptly from a straight line or course without warning the car veered to the left and into an oncoming truck

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straightens

veers

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noun

plural of veer

as in twists

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At this point, the movie veers off the rails a bit, culminating in a very bloody conclusion. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Most surprising, Just Us is marked by a lack of intellectual rigor that often veers close to bad faith. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 The performance is daringly weird, perverse and outlandish, seductively charming, and, for all the flamboyance, Curry never veers out of control, never takes it too far. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 The show then veers back to early work, photographic transparencies with magazine transfers made in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, and continues, gallery by gallery, oscillating between different periods of the artist’s nearly six-decade career. — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The twist comes when the action suddenly veers into science fiction, and Isabella begins quite literally to disappear. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 That's exactly the mindset incident response leaders need when an incident veers off script from the playbook. — David Etue, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Despite the abundance of berries, the fragrance never veers into the medicinal territory that cherry can sometimes take on. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026 The timepiece veers confidently into tool-watch territory, separating it from other precious-metal and bracelet Overseas models. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 July 2026

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Price upon request Louis Vuitton Pharrell’s autumn outing features several eye-catching knits, including this volcanic take on a Nordic yoke sweater, which deviates from more-traditional styles with an irregular, almost pixilated gradient pattern.

— Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026
Walsh’s spaceship deviates from many of the vessels seen in Star Wars, as those ships are often dirty and grubby to emphasize their use and wear.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

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That in turn feeds ‘The Ticker’, the basic on-screen representation of the score and ‘The Computer’, another programme that turns that raw information into the more intricate graphics that appear on the screen.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Teaching students to actively hunt for where logic breaks turns them from passive consumers into sharp, critical evaluators of AI systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of turns

Verb

Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 New York shows two men fighting in the street before gunshots ring out, and a vehicle swerves around the moped, appearing to flee the scene.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
The artist adopts a schizoid persona, with multiple voices flowing out of him, and swerves between lucid social criticism—about the history of slavery or of higher education—and total gibberish.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of swerves

Noun

Filmed largely in secret over three years, the nearly three-hour doc is an inside view of Holmes’ final weeks before going to prison, then mutates into reenactments and mind-bending twists that meld reality and performance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Texas barbecue is typically defined by salt-and-pepper brisket and pork ribs, but this new crop of halal pitmasters is adding inventive twists, often based on their own family heritages.

— Ulaa Kuziez, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of twists

Verb

In the book’s 16 central chapters, Roden wanders from central categories such as yogurt, egg dishes, breads and pickles, showing how the countries of this region prepare stunning variations of common foodstuffs.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
To be fair, some of the mess wanders into the house on its own.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wanders

Noun

In bending experiments, the chip showed no performance degradation after thousands of bends around small cylinders.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
The pipe takes multiple bends before feeding into a handmade box muffler that doubles as a functional heat shield.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

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