Synonyms for steer
stɪərsteer

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1. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hintnoun

   an indication of potential opportunity

   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

   Synonyms:
   hint, touch, flatus, mite, farting, lead-in, wind, crest, atomic number 82, nothingness, pinch, crown, suggestion, jot, confidential information, bakshis, peak, leading, breaking wind, soupcon, bullock, point, pourboire, tether, lead, wind instrument, lead story, trail, clue, baksheesh, lede, winding, tinge, leash, gratuity, fart, star, malarkey, idle words, malarky, bakshish, jazz, jumper cable, jumper lead, air current, booster cable, intimation, principal, current of air, top, trace, pencil lead, breath, tip, speck, summit, backsheesh, track, spark advance, twist

2. bullock, steerverb

   castrated bull

   Synonyms:
   confidential information, bullock, tip, lead, hint, wind

3. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channeliseverb

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

   Synonyms:
   channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, maneuver, take, indicate, signal, point, betoken, aim, channelise, take aim, train, channel, manoeuver, transport, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, engineer, organize, charge, organise, luff, calculate, head up, conduct, draw, bespeak, guide on, run, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, guide, designate, transmit

4. steerverb

   direct (oneself) somewhere

   "Steer clear of him"

   Synonyms:
   maneuver, head, manoeuvre, channelize, direct, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver

5. guide, steerverb

   be a guiding or motivating force or drive

   "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

   Synonyms:
   lead, manoeuver, maneuver, channelise, head, draw, guide, direct, guide on, channelize, run, take, pass, conduct, point, manoeuvre

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Direct

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1. steernoun

   Synonyms:
   young ox

2. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   direct (as a vessel by the helm), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of

3. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   direct one's course

4. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   be directed, be governed

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1. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   guide, pilot, control, govern

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1. List of paraphrases for "steer":

   guide, steers, lead, govern

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1. Caroline Steer:

   It was exciting for me because she would go and do a full run everyday, and I would give Caroline Steer a small task each day, i started off with just making Caroline Steer walk 3K. For me, that was a big achievement.

2. Samantha McGarry:

   It's about feeling beautiful, it's about having 'Me Time,' it's about all of that, spouses should probably steer clear in order to keep the peace.

3. President Barack Obama:

   And if you stay true to that voice that clearly knows what's right and what's wrong, sometimes you're going to mess up, but you can steer back and keep going, i know you're going to do great things.

4. George Bernerd Shaw:

   To drift is to be in hell; to be in heaven is to steer.

5. Bernd Osterloh:

   I think a company of this size cannot steer everything from Wolfsburg, our approach is: centralize as much as necessary and decentralize as much as possible.