Synonyms of routing

routing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of rout

1

as in overcoming

to defeat by a large margin

as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• bombing
• whipping
• burying
• mastering
• trimming
• throwing
• flattening
• pasting
• topping
• upsetting
• dusting
• clobbering
• dispatching
• skinning
• beating
• thrashing
• annihilating
• taking
• blowing away
• smothering
• smoking
• creaming
• scoring
• trouncing
• waxing
• drubbing
• sweeping
• whopping
• walloping
• overwhelming
• tromping
• conquering
• running rings around
• capping
• running circles around
• eating alive
• exceeding
• wiping the ground with
• destroying
• whapping
• wiping the floor with
• beating the pants off
• succeeding
• surpassing
• shellacking
• snowing under
• whupping
• whomping
• skunking
• crushing
• finishing
• surmounting
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• subduing
• licking
• slaughtering
• subjugating
• triumphing (over)
• hurdling
• upending
• overthrowing
• vanquishing
• transcending
• knocking over
• bettering
• besting
• overpowering
• overmatching
• overbearing
• knocking off
• overtopping
• outdistancing
• outstripping
• edging (out)
• acing (out)
• excelling
• outdoing
• nosing out
• eclipsing
• worsting
• outshining
• flourishing
• breaking
• doing in
• outfighting
• pipping
• sinking

2

as in ejecting

to drive or force out

the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejecting
• chasing
• dismissing
• banishing
• expelling
• removing
• evicting
• extruding
• casting out
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• sacking
• outing
• booting (out)
• running off
• firing
• turning out
• bouncing
• ousting
• throwing out
• turfing (out)
• sending packing
• giving one the gate
• terminating
• shutting out
• reading out
• exiling
• expatriating
• ostracizing
• deporting
• displacing
• dispossessing
• discharging
• releasing
• deforcing
• axing
• mustering out
• retiring
• cashiering
• canning
• pink-slipping
• defenestrating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• admitting
• taking in
• welcoming
• lodging
• entertaining
• sheltering
• harboring
• housing

routing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of route

as in steering

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front

the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steering
• guiding
• leading
• showing
• conducting
• accompanying
• directing
• marshalling
• escorting
• preceding
• ushering
• marshaling
• piloting
• managing
• controlling
• convoying
• attending
• seeing
• chaperoning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• trailing
• tailing
• shadowing
• dogging
• hounding
• tailgating