detour

Questions about detour

What does detour mean?

detour means "a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in detour?

detour has 2 syllables: de-tour. The stress falls on "tour". In IPA it is /dɪˈtʊɹ/.

What is another word for detour?

Close synonyms include roundabout way. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is detour a common word?

detour is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with detour?

3 words rhyme with detour. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.