Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun route

2 senses of route

Sense 1
path, route, itinerary -- (an established line of travel or access)
       => line -- (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Sense 2
road, route -- (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
       => way -- (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb route

3 senses of route

Sense 1
route -- (send documents or materials to appropriate destinations)
       => dispatch, despatch, send off -- (send away towards a designated goal)

Sense 2
route -- (send via a specific route)
       => send, direct -- (cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation")

Sense 3
route -- (divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders")
       => divert -- (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)