detour

Meaning

Noun

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
2. An temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Synonyms

bypass

roundabout way

go around

diversion

deviation

sheer

turning movement

circle

⭕

go round

skirt

roundabout

aberration

departure

deviate

digression

dissemblance

dissimulation

fraud

hem

humbug

indirection

journey

makebelieve

pass by

pretence

rim

round

roundabout route

scam

side road

swerve

tangent

sheer off

skate over

tour

turn

twirl

veer

make a detour

ring road

take around

long way

long road

wide turn

long way around

indirect route

alternate route

slide over

detour road

circuitous road

Translations

Umweg

Umleitung

deviazione

détour

contourner

rodeo

desvío

desviación

déviation

desvio

omweg

allugare la strada

deviare

desviar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).