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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?
Homeland Security.Michael Tan:
The court forcefully rejected the Trump administration's bid to arbitrarily jail asylum-seekers without a hearing, try as it may, the administration can not circumvent the Constitution in its effort to deter and punish asylum-seekers applying for protection.
Nobody knows exactly how much oily waste is illegally dumped from ships, but as this case demonstrates, a determined engineer with a few pieces of equipment who does not have proper oversight can easily circumvent the pollution prevention equipment onboard vessels.
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.
I think that the President has grown very weary of having to circumvent these issues, which a lot of people thought was the appropriate thing for him to do as president of the United States, but I think he has reached a conclusion that he needs to meet this issue head on.
I think the Delta variant from India is one example of many ways this virus is going to mutate and attempt to circumvent the vaccines because that’s what viruses do.
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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