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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?
As federal courts have already ruled three times, there are limits to the President's authority, and those limits enacted by Congress were exceeded when the President unilaterally sought to grant 'lawful presence' to more than 4 million unauthorized aliens who are in this country unlawfully, the Court should affirm what President Obama said himself on more than 20 occasions: that he cannot unilaterally rewrite congressional laws and circumvent the people's representatives.
Any tanker with Iranian crude follows a similar pattern of behavior : they do that by turning off their AIS transponder, turning it on and off in order to circumvent being tracked, they have deliberately taken measures to circumvent identifying the ship's destination, location and cargo origin.
We're seeing a spike in Russian tankers turning off transmissions deliberately to circumvent sanctions, the Russian fleet is starting to hide The Russian fleet whereabouts and its exports.
The simplest way to circumvent chip-and-PIN is to use a stolen card number to make an online purchase.
The likelihood that Iranian exports drop to zero is very low, mostly because of China, china has rejected the Bjornar Tonhaugen request to stop importing Iranian oil, and also has ways to circumvent Bjornar Tonhaugen financial sanctions.
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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