ROUTES Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

routes 1 of 2

noun

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plural of route

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel take Route 190 for six miles, then get off

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as in paths

an established course for traveling from one place to another we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route

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as in ways

the direction along which something or someone moves hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard

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routes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of route

as in guides

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle

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Recent Examples of routes

Noun

Lower cabin altitude can help reduce the physiological stress associated with high-altitude travel, an important factor for passengers flying across time zones on long-haul routes. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026 Governments around the globe coordinated a historic release of strategic reserves, while Gulf producers rerouted shipments through alternative export routes. —

Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 6 June 2026 The pontiff will end his visit at the Canary Islands, the end point of what the United Nations has described as one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. —

Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 6 June 2026 Those who found Hillary Dawa were members of the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), which sets the routes, ropes and ladders through the Khumbu Icefall at the start of the season, and is in charge of removing waste from the mountain once climbers have left. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 Here’s a look at five of the best coastal train journeys around the world—from ultra-luxe sleeper journeys to short sightseeing routes—that are worth planning your next summer trip around. —

Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026 For many teams, preparation begins years in advance — often before qualification has even been secured — before becoming progressively more specific once opponents, host cities, and potential routes through the tournament are known. —

Alan McCall, New York Times, 5 June 2026 The Fortress can be taken off the road, too, via an addition Extreme offroad Suspension system that can handle any unexpected routes, while the four-wheel drive can tackle mud, snow, rocks, in addition to being a statement-making daily driver. —

Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 May 2026 So some of the biggest news in the travel world with Da Nang is that 5 airlines, including Emirates and Philippine Airlines, launch new routes that connect Da Nang to other cities in Asia. —

AFAR Media, 30 May 2026

Verb

For images, Google routes your prompt to Nano Banana. —

ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026 This is software that encrypts data traffic and routes it through private tunnels to secure servers to prevent anyone from being able to read it. —

ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 The platform that routes content to the right provider, enforces terminology, tracks usage, maintains audit trails, and integrates with CI/CD pipelines and CMS platforms becomes the product. —

Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 How Phantom Shuttle steals your data Socket researchers say Phantom Shuttle routes all your web traffic through proxy servers controlled by the attacker. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026 This underwater infrastructure quietly routes 95-99% of internet traffic, depending on the estimate, and are both complex to install and critical to the functioning of the web. —

PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025 Our ReturnsDirect solution routes items directly from the customer to nonprofit, skipping the warehouse and eliminating the costs associated with that end of the supply chain. —

Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025 The web page now routes users to the university’s Center for Connection Culture. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025 LanzaTech’s process routes industrial gases into special bioreactors containing anaerobic bacteria which consume carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen and produce ethanol, using a fermentation process similar to that of yeast. —

Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for routes

Noun

The park’s 14 trails range from old mining roads to the perimeter of Kathleen Lake to Thechàl Dhâl, also known as Sheep Mountain, with northern wildlife and Southern Tutchone cultural heritage along the way.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
The new tax on Dubai tolls and parking, which began on June 1, will give the UAE government another cut from its roads that’s divorced from the financial performance of the operators.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 4 June 2026