Synonyms for circumvent
ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛntcir·cum·vent

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1. circumvent

   Synonyms:
   ensnare, entrap, outwit, diplomatize

   Antonyms:
   force, subjugate, reduce, compel, circumvention

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1. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb

   surround so as to force to give up

   "The Turks besieged Vienna"

   Synonyms:
   fence, fudge, outfox, surround, palisade, dodge, tease, overreach, sidestep, hedge, put off, skirt, badger, wall, parry, border, bug, fence in, besiege, beat, smother, outwit, elude, ring, outsmart, evade, beleaguer, duck, hem in, pester, environ

2. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumventverb

   beat through cleverness and wit

   "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, exhaust, stupefy, elude, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, outfox, fudge, flummox, beat, surround, outwit, tick, sidestep, hem in, nonplus, trounce, besiege, pulsate, drum, parry, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, duck, beat out, dodge, gravel, thump, evade, ticktack, put off, thrum, hedge, outmaneuver, ticktock, amaze, quiver, outmanoeuvre, pound, work over, puzzle, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, beleaguer, wash up, skirt, outsmart, pose, scramble, shell

3. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirt

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1. circumventverb

   Synonyms:
   deceive, cheat, defraud, trick, cozen, overreach, delude, hoodwink, dupe, gull, bamboozle, chouse, outwit, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon

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1. List of paraphrases for "circumvent":

   bypass, evade, sidestep, side-step, avoid, shirk, by-pass, dodge, escape, neutralize

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1. James Clyburn:

   I think that the President has grown very weary of having to circumvent these issues, which a lot of people thought was the appropriate thing for him to do as president of the United States, but I think he has reached a conclusion that he needs to meet this issue head on.

2. Stephen Diamond:

   Any attempt by Musk to circumvent the process will be much more easily policed.

3. John McCain:

   They are trying to intentionally or unintentionally circumvent the intent of the law.

4. Bjornar Tonhaugen:

   The likelihood that Iranian exports drop to zero is very low, mostly because of China, china has rejected the Bjornar Tonhaugen request to stop importing Iranian oil, and also has ways to circumvent Bjornar Tonhaugen financial sanctions.

5. Theodore Roosevelt:

   The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.