Synonyms for steer
stɪərsteer

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Direct

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1. steernoun

   Synonyms:
   young ox

2. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   direct (as a vessel by the helm), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of

3. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   direct one's course

4. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   be directed, be governed

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1. steerverb

   Synonyms:
   guide, pilot, control, govern

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1. List of paraphrases for "steer":

   guide, steers, lead, govern

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1. George Bernerd Shaw:

   To drift is to be in hell; to be in heaven is to steer.

2. Sara Gottfried:

   Most people were told to eat nine servings of fresh fruit and vegetables a day, but I can tell you most women are eating a lot of fruit-- and they’re not eating the kind of fruit my great grandmother ate. An apple in her day had 2 grams of fructose, which is what makes fruit sweet. An apple today has been hybridized for sweetness. It’s more like a sugar bomb and has typically 20-25 grams of fructose. So what we want to do is steer away from the high fructose fruit and eat things like olives and avocados which are much better for your hormones.

3. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   The next weeks will decide what Turkey does with these people, it can steer them in two directions : take them back to Syria or set them off towards The EU.

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. Jeff Arnett:

   It's made in the shape it is so you can steer it when you're rolling it like a wheel.