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Definitions

en route

[ahn root, en, ahn root] / ɑn ˈrut, ɛn, ɑ̃ ˈrut /
ADJECTIVE
on the way to destination
Synonyms
WEAK
advancing bound driving en voyage entrained flying heading toward in passage in transit making headway midway on the road pressing on progressing traveling
Antonyms
WEAK
derailed detained off the path sidetracked
ADVERB
along the way
Synonyms
WEAK
along the way bound for headed for in passage in transit on the road on the way

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, Italy denied US aircraft permission to land as they were en route to the Middle East for combat operations.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

For several days, the astronauts will conduct additional tests and experiments while en route.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

She was crossing the border en route to Oman, where she lives and owns a beauty salon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The Lakers scored just 17 points in the fourth, but they held the Rockets to just 12 points en route to their sixth consecutive win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

A small town in Minnesota that I’ve passed through countless times en route to family reunions has a prison with a massive brick wall and turretlike guard towers, which I have spent hours thinking about.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.