Circumvent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
  • v. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
  • v. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to avoid or get around something; to bypass
  • v. to surround or besiege
  • v. to outwit or outsmart
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To gain advantage over by artfulness, stratagem, or deception; defeat or get the better of by cunning; get around; outwit; overreach: as, to circumvent one's enemies.
  • Synonyms See cheat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  • v. beat through cleverness and wit
  • v. surround so as to force to give up
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surpass    outmatch    outstrip    outgo    outdo   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decieve    delude    surround    overreach   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent