direct route
No detours taken
A direct route is the most straightforward path between two points, without detours or unnecessary stops: We took the direct route to avoid traffic.
The phrase often implies efficiency or speed.
Figuratively, a direct route can describe the most uncomplicated approach to achieving something: There's no direct route to mastering a language.
- beelineMost direct course
- as the crow fliesDirect distance, ignoring terrain
- straight shotDirect unimpeded trajectory
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- railway lineTrain transportation route
highway · bypass · shortest path · fast track · point-to-point · thoroughfare · open road · shortcut · cut through · corridor · shipping lane · nonstop · straight line · flight path · vector · linearity · fastest · trail
- trade routessilk road, Silk Road, cargo routes, merchant routes, commercial routes
- flight pathsflight paths, airways, skyways, connecting flight, corridors
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- routesroad, path, highway, freeway, trail
- flight routesflight path, air corridor, airway, nonstop flight, transatlantic
- climbing routesnorth face, south face, couloir, buttress, gully
direct routedetour
Alternate path around obstruction
winding path · long way around · the long way · the long way around · back roads
direct routescenic route
Road selected for beauty
scenic drive · back roads · scenic byway · country roads · tourist route
direct, direction, route, directly, director, indirect, directed, directing, directory