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Synonyms for circumvent
ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛntcir·cum·vent
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
circumvent
Synonyms:
ensnare, entrap, outwit, diplomatizeAntonyms:
force, subjugate, reduce, compel, circumvention
Princeton's WordNet
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
Synonyms:
fence, fudge, outfox, surround, palisade, dodge, tease, overreach, sidestep, hedge, put off, skirt, badger, wall, parry, border, bug, fence in, besiege, beat, smother, outwit, elude, ring, outsmart, evade, beleaguer, duck, hem in, pester, environoutwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumventverb
beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
Synonyms:
baffle, exhaust, stupefy, elude, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, outfox, fudge, flummox, beat, surround, outwit, tick, sidestep, hem in, nonplus, trounce, besiege, pulsate, drum, parry, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, duck, beat out, dodge, gravel, thump, evade, ticktack, put off, thrum, hedge, outmaneuver, ticktock, amaze, quiver, outmanoeuvre, pound, work over, puzzle, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, beleaguer, wash up, skirt, outsmart, pose, scramble, shellhedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
Synonyms:
put over, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirt
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#464 | table | |
#1374 | wall | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1662 | block | |
#2043 | bug | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3139 | cook | |
#3282 | border | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4807 | drum | |
#4910 | pound | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8175 | fence | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9094 | dip | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10257 | bypass | |
#10852 | tick | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#11813 | environ | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14613 | flap | |
#15115 | manipulate | |
#16228 | badger | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#21866 | parry | |
#23567 | defer | |
#24731 | remit | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#27773 | smother | |
#28220 | postpone | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#35306 | evade | |
#39656 | neutralize | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#41588 | thump | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#54452 | palisade | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57345 | misrepresent | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#64306 | elude | |
#64838 | falsify | |
#68256 | shirk | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#81713 | shelve | |
#90108 | pester | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#110802 | douse | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#126145 | entrap | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#149524 | ensnare | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#177091 | pulsate | |
#211488 | thrum | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#250539 | outmaneuver | |
#308012 | wangle | |
#311709 | disconcert | |
#322072 | dishearten |
How to use circumvent in a sentence?
With these billboard campaigns, mainstream media can choose to ignore them, but people passing by them will see them. They’re exposed to them, it’s one way to circumvent those who control the narrative.
Any attempt by Musk to circumvent the process will be much more easily policed.
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.
Omar Jadwat law specifically allows individuals to apply for asylum whether or not they are at a port of entry. It is illegal to circumvent that by agency or presidential decree.
It also appears to this counsel those change were made in some attempt to circumvent the court's orders and may have raised to the level of interference against court's orders.
Translations for circumvent
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- تحايلArabic
- заобикалям, изигравам, надхитрявам, избягвамBulgarian
- circumvalar, evitar, bordejar, burlar, mofar, rodejarCatalan, Valencian
- omringe, omgåDanish
- umgehenGerman
- circumvalar, eludir, rodear, bordear, evitarSpanish
- دور زدنPersian
- contourner, cernerFrench
- eludere, circonvenireItalian
- omzeilenDutch
- przechytrzyćPolish
- contornarPortuguese
- înconjura, conturna, ocoliRomanian
- обойтиRussian
- kringgåSwedish
- తప్పించుకునేందుకుTelugu
- หลีกเลี่ยงThai
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