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Synonyms for circumvent in English

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circumvent:
- beat; outwit; overreach; outfox; outsmart; circumvent; surround; besiege; hem in; beleaguer

English

Detailed Synonyms for circumvent in English

circumvent:

circumvent verb

circumvent

– beat through cleverness and wit ¹
to beat; to outwit; overreach; outfox; outsmart; circumvent
– beat through cleverness and wit ¹
- beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
  - I beat the traffic¹
- outwit verb (outwits, outwitted, outwitting)
- overreach verb
- outfox verb
  - She outfoxed her competitors¹
- outsmart verb
- circumvent verb
circumvent

– surround so as to force to give up ¹
to surround; to besiege; circumvent; hem in; beleaguer
– surround so as to force to give up ¹
- surround verb (surrounds, surrounded, surrounding)
- besiege verb (besieges, besieged, besieging)
  - The Turks besieged Vienna¹
- circumvent verb
- hem in verb
- beleaguer verb

Alternate Synonyms for "circumvent":

besiege; beleaguer; surround; hem in; attack; assail
outwit; overreach; outsmart; outfox; beat; surpass; outstrip; outmatch; outgo; exceed; outdo; surmount; outperform
hedge; fudge; evade; put off; parry; elude; skirt; dodge; duck; sidestep; avoid

Related Definitions for "circumvent":

beat through cleverness and wit¹
surround so as to force to give up¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University