All detour synonyms
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D d noun detour
- deviation β Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- diversion β the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
- fork β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- branch β The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- circumvention β to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- bypass β If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
- divergence β the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
- crotch β Your crotch is the part of your body between the tops of your legs.
- circuit β An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
- substitute β a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- byway β A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- bypath β a little-used path or track, esp in the country
- circumnavigation β to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- back road β A back road is a small country road with very little traffic.
- service road β frontage road.
- circumbendibus β a circumlocution
- runaround β indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
verb detour
- wink at β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- shunt β to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- incurvate β curved, especially inward.
- spiralling β Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- redirect β to direct again.
- volte-face β a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- ward off β a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- cambering β a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- steer clear of β to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- spiraling β Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- spiralled β Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- refract β to subject to refraction.
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- skirt β the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.