detour
detour is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- ambages
- arc
- arcade
- arch
- arched
- arcuation
- backhanded
- bay
- beat
- bend
- bending
- bough
- bought
- bow
- bush
- cardioid
- carve
- catenary
- caustic
- ceiling
- cherry
- circuit
- circuition
- circuitous
- circumbendibus
- concameration
- conchoid
- course
- crane
- crescent
- crook
- curl
- curling
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- curvity
- dance
- deflection
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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