veerEnglishOxford English Thesaurusveer verb the car veered to the left and crashed into the van: swerve, career, skew, swing, sheer, weave, wheel; change direction, change course, go off course, deviate, be deflected, diverge; turn (aside), branch off, curve, twist, bend, curl, incline, swivel, zigzag; Sailing tack; rare divagate.veer (1) Oxford Dictionary of English