CIRCUMVENT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

circumvent

verb

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 One page — ideally parsed to circumvent contention — is what mediators hope for. —

Jennifer Hansler, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 And that could mean timing a mortgage rate lock to circumvent any additional rate hikes still to come. —

Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 May 2026 The medication that's necessary for survival is toxic, said Kawai, a national leader in finding safer ways to circumvent the body's immune protections. —

Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026 Saudi Arabia has been able to circumvent the Strait of Hormuz with shipments from the Red Sea, but none of those barrels are headed to the West Coast. —

Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for circumvent

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The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that its efforts to bypass environmental regulations to speed up construction are unconstitutional.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Owner Dawn Welch has run it for decades, surviving a fire, a new interstate that bypassed the town, and everything else the highway has thrown at it.

— Heide Brandes, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026