CIRCUMVENT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

circumvent

verb

ˌsər-kəm-ˈvent

Definition of circumvent

as in to bypass

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code

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as in to avoid

to avoid by going around circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route

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as in to traverse

to travel completely around most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain

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Recent Examples of circumvent To circumvent these challenges, aerospace engineers and scientists plan to practice In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), the use of materials already found on the planet. — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026 The sides agreed to that trade in late June but didn't complete it until earlier this month, delaying the process because of the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules on Leonard's behalf. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 This was nothing like Spygate, in which there was a deliberate attempt to circumvent the rules. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 The response indicates that an executive knew of a technical method to circumvent a publisher’s access restriction and employed it at the company. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for circumvent

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The priority status allows developers to bypass local regulatory plans, according to Soóki-Tóth.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
In particular, both Russia and Iran have repeatedly flagged Starlink as a major threat since it's been aiding Ukraine and helping local Iranians bypass internet censorship.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypass

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Rates actually continued to increase after the Society of Surgical Oncology adopted the guidelines in 2016, even though patients who received the biopsy were not more likely to survive or avoid recurrence.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Clapp said the firm focuses on avoiding highly leveraged companies and floating-rate debt, instead favoring investments with dependable cash flows to support clients over the long term.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoid

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The Firebrand and the First Lady demonstrates that the early civil rights movement was built on a foundation of deep, complicated, long-term relationships which traversed the boundaries of both race and class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The vessel will navigate south through the narrow Strait of Malacca, round the turbulent waters of the Cape of Good Hope, and traverse the open expanse of the South Atlantic before dropping anchor off Bahia’s coast.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

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Yet Iran’s regime has developed sophisticated networks to combat and evade sanctions.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Young rolled to his right, evading Aidan Hutchinson’s pressure, and threw a perfect pass along the sideline in which McMillan stretched his arms and hauled in the catch using all 6-foot-4 of him, his toes to his fingertips.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of evade

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Earlier, the Houthis seized several villages and areas on Taiz's outskirts, paving the way for the rebels to encircle Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city.

— AHMED AL-HAJ, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026

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Corbett said such arguments ignore Illinois’ long history of underfunding public schools, with the state providing only about a quarter of school districts’ revenue, according to the State Board of Education’s most recent Illinois Report Card.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
The shame lies with the governments who ignored the AIDS crisis and the stigma that was around people and the innate prejudice that was in society.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026