Antonyms for steer
stɪərsteer

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1. • Control
   • Direct

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1. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hintnoun

   an indication of potential opportunity

   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

   Synonyms:
   hint, touch, flatus, mite, farting, lead-in, wind, crest, atomic number 82, nothingness, pinch, crown, suggestion, jot, confidential information, bakshis, peak, leading, breaking wind, soupcon, bullock, point, pourboire, tether, lead, wind instrument, lead story, trail, clue, baksheesh, lede, winding, tinge, leash, gratuity, fart, star, malarkey, idle words, malarky, bakshish, jazz, jumper cable, jumper lead, air current, booster cable, intimation, principal, current of air, top, trace, pencil lead, breath, tip, speck, summit, backsheesh, track, spark advance, twist

2. bullock, steerverb

   castrated bull

   Synonyms:
   confidential information, bullock, tip, lead, hint, wind

3. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channeliseverb

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

   Synonyms:
   channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, maneuver, take, indicate, signal, point, betoken, aim, channelise, take aim, train, channel, manoeuver, transport, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, engineer, organize, charge, organise, luff, calculate, head up, conduct, draw, bespeak, guide on, run, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, guide, designate, transmit

4. steerverb

   direct (oneself) somewhere

   "Steer clear of him"

   Synonyms:
   maneuver, head, manoeuvre, channelize, direct, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver

5. guide, steerverb

   be a guiding or motivating force or drive

   "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"

   Synonyms:
   lead, manoeuver, maneuver, channelise, head, draw, guide, direct, guide on, channelize, run, take, pass, conduct, point, manoeuvre

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1. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   guide, pilot, control, govern

How to use steer in a sentence?

1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Let our independence roar louder than any oppression. Let our unity forge an unbreakable shield against any tyranny. Let our freedom steer us towards a destiny of equity and justice, peace and prosperity for all.

2. Henry M. Wriston:

   A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no future.

3. Kimberlee Robinson:

   I was taking it slow but apparently not slow enough and after I went to that corner I started slipping and did everything I thought I was supposed to, i tapped on the brakes, tried to steer into the skid but we started to slide off.

4. Ronald Neumann:

   They think you can just give an order and march, it's kind of like trying to steer a ship with a compass and no map.

5. George Washington:

   The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as possible... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalships, interest, humor, or caprice?... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

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