Detour
Detour noun - A turning away from a course or standard.
Roundabout and detour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roundabout" instead a noun "Detour".
Roundabout
Roundabout noun - A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| long | long detour | long roundabout |
| large | large detour | large roundabout |
| complicated | complicated detour | complicated roundabout |
| little | little detour | little roundabout |
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Roundabout and Detour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detour/roundabout
Detour & Roundabout. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/detour/roundabout>.
Roundabout or Detour. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detour/roundabout.
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