CIRCUMVENT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

circumvent

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ˌsər-kəm-ˈvent

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 And you’re also reminded that such things are still tainted, even if the movie twists itself into knots to circumvent such thinking, and the level of innocence required to listen to those hits is long gone. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 Critics contend prediction markets are circumventing states’ sports betting laws and operating in places that have banned the practice. —

Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 But in buying your data in bulk on the commercial market, the government is circumventing the Constitution, Supreme Court decisions and federal laws designed to protect your privacy from unwarranted government overreach. —

Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026 In addition to ambulances, Vollmer Road is also an important route for fire trucks and school buses, Tornow said, which also have to circumvent the viaduct if it’s blocked. —

Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for circumvent

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Police said the driver of the black Ford Fusion was headed south on northwest 12th Avenue at a high rate of speed near northwest 188th Street when the driver tried to bypass slow-moving traffic by driving on the swale.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Under former President Jacob Zuma’s administration, a 9,600 MW plan tied to Russia’s Rosatom was struck down by the courts for bypassing parliamentary oversight.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026