scenic route

noun

A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery.

“It took you a long time to fetch that tool! Did you take the scenic route?”

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Meanings

nounscenic route (plural scenic routes)

plural scenic routes

  1. A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery.
  2. colloquialThe long way round; a deliberately slow route.

    It took you a long time to fetch that tool! Did you take the scenic route?

Translations

Finnish maisematie, maisemareitti
  • maisematieroad or path
  • maisemareittiroad or path
French chemin des écoliers
  • chemin des écoliersroad or path
Italian giro delle sette chiese
  • giro delle sette chieseroad or path
Polish malownicza trasa
  • malownicza trasaroad or path
Russian живопи́сная доро́га
  • живопи́сная доро́га (živopísnaja doróga)road or path
Cite this entry
APA

scenic route. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenic%20route

MLA

“scenic route.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenic%20route. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scenic route,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenic%20route.

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