Synonyms of circumnavigated

circumnavigated

verb

past tense of circumnavigate

1

as in circled

to travel completely around

the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circled
• traversed
• orbited
• encircled
• crossed
• circumvented
• ringed
• rounded
• circuited
• girdled
• compassed
• circumambulated
• perambulated

2

as in bypassed

to avoid by going around

we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bypassed
• circumvented
• avoided
• escaped
• detoured
• skirted
• evaded
• eluded
• eschewed
• shook
• shunned
• fled
• dodged
• leapfrogged
• ducked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• met
• confronted
• faced
• sought
• accepted
• pursued
• embraced
• welcomed
• courted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of circumnavigated

Chicagoan Bill Pinkney sailed into Boston Harbor having circumnavigated the globe all by himself, the third American and the first Black person to have accomplished the feat by taking a route that included the five southernmost capes. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026

The menu from chef Reneé Touponce and beverage director Jade Ayala, both James Beard Award–recognized, likewise circumnavigated the globe. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026

The first Global Ocean Sampling Expedition, which used Venter’s own yacht, circumnavigated the globe between 2005 and 2006. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026

The Apollo 8 photo, however, showed Earth reemerging into view, rather than disappearing, as astronauts Bill Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell circumnavigated the moon. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026

During the 1969 Apollo 10 mission — the one in which Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan circumnavigated the moon — Stafford reported back to mission control on Day 6 of the mission that a piece of waste was floating through the cabin, according to once-confidential government documents. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 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