All circumvent synonyms

verb circumvent

• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
• stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• sidestep — to step to one side.
• bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
• skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
• cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
• stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• queer — strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.
• outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
• outwit — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
• circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
• dupe — duplicate.
• bilk — To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
• overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• get out of — extricate oneself from
• fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.