CIRCUMNAVIGATE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

circumnavigate

verb

ˌsər-kəm-ˈna-və-ˌgāt

Definition of circumnavigate next

as in to traverse

to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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as in to bypass

to avoid by going around we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

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Recent Examples of circumnavigate Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026 Ko Samui is the third-largest island in the country but remains small enough to be circumnavigated in just a couple of hours by motorbike or car, making neighboring locations easy to access. —

Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025 The 16th-century adventurer, who first circumnavigated the globe by sea in 1522, wavers beneath the pressure of his pursuit, ultimately leading his men to mutiny and madness on the Malay Archipelago. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Nov. 2025 In an attempt to become the first woman pilot to circumnavigate Earth, Earhart, along with navigator Fred Noonan, vanished in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean. —

Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circumnavigate

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While oil that traverses the strait is usually bound for Asia and other places rather than North America, the chaos still affects the United States.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
Like Samut, Chawarit had had misgivings about traversing the strait, his wife Suchawadee Malikaeo told CNN.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026