Synonyms for veer
Definitions
- v. 1
To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
Forms
- Past participle
- veered
e.g. veered → deviated, turned, swerved, changed…
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To swerve or veer is to turn suddenly from a prescribed or previous course, and often but momentarily; veer is more capricious and repetitious; the horse swerves at the flash of a sword; the wind veers; the ship veers with the wind.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- deviate Do not deviate from the standard operating procedure.
- swerve Boldi managed to swerve around Martha at the last moment.
- pervert Gustavo must have known John was a pervert.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1
- 4 letters
- turn1, chop1, slew1
- 5 letters
- shift1, trend1, curve1, sheer1
- 6 letters
- change1, swerve1
- 7 letters
- pervert2, deviate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pervert2 = 2 syllables).