Detours

Synonyms for "detours" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
alternate routealternative coursebypass

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
indirect routelong pathnongeodesic pathredirectreroutetemporary detourtraffic detour

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
change of directiondecision processpathplanning processrouterouting option

More specific

9 entries
construction detourlong detourpolicy detourredirectrerouteresearch detourscenic detourtemporary detourtraffic detour

Collocations

10 entries
circuitous detourconstruction detourdetour routedetour signplanned detourroad detourscenic detoursignposted detourtemporary detourunplanned detour

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.

Source: tatoeba (51873)

What percentage of all taxi drivers make unscrupulous detours, do you think?

Source: tatoeba (795963)

The constituents of a word salad are neither random nor unrelated, but connected by a net so torn that only detours remain passable.

Source: tatoeba (2027744)

Are there any detours up ahead?

Source: tatoeba (2264162)

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