veer
/vɪr/
verb
- To change direction suddenly or shift course.
- The car veered to the left to avoid hitting a deer.
- During the storm, the boat veered off its planned route.
- The wind suddenly veered from the north to the east.
- To change one's opinion, behavior, or topic of conversation abruptly.
- Her mood veered from cheerful to gloomy in just a few minutes.
- The teacher veered off the lesson plan to answer a student's question.
- The discussion veered away from politics and toward sports.
Antonyms
noun
- A change in direction or course.
- A sharp veer in the road caught the driver by surprise.
- The hiker noticed a veer in the trail and decided to follow it.
- The pilot made a sudden veer to avoid the flock of birds.