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Synonyms for detour
ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊərde·tour

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Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. detour, roundabout wayverb

    a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

    Synonyms:
    roundabout way

  2. detourverb

    travel via a detour

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PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "detour":

    deviation, rodeo, deflection, diversion, bypass

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#9091deviation
#10257bypass
#12383rodeo
#15612diversion
#30053deflection
#31564detour

How to use detour in a sentence?

  1. Bob Reish:

    Patience is the discipline to we have that will enable us to reach the goals we aspire to achieve without taking the easy detour which leads to a dead end.

  2. Austin Eubanks:

    Obviously, after that, my life took a pretty big detour, as a result of my injuries, I was pretty significantly medicated about 45 minutes after being shot. I remember immediately being drawn to that feeling, because it took the emotion away.

  3. Mary Kay Ash:

    When you come to a road block, take a detour.

  4. Mary Kay Ash:

    When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  5. Zig Ziglar:

    Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.


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