CIRCUMNAVIGATING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

circumnavigating

verb

present participle of circumnavigate

as in circling

to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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as in bypassing

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

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Recent Examples of circumnavigating The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time in five decades as part of Artemis II. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 Superpressure balloons can last for months and travel long distances, potentially circumnavigating the globe, all the while reporting their position. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026 Two hundred seventy-two miles of scenery are signposted by pretty blue and orange ribbons circumnavigating the island, representing the ocean and those ubiquitous mandarins. — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023

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Verb

Ohtani returned to the lineup Monday and felt something in his arm after a swing, circling his right arm afterward.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Sasha and Morgan have been circling something neither of them has been able to admit to.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of circling

Verb

The company is seeking the portion of land to build a road to allow guests and residents of Hazel Green Ranch access into Yosemite National Park, bypassing the current 11 miles of forestry roads to Stanislaus National Forest.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
The page then coached the victim through bypassing the computer's security warning.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of bypassing

Verb

And yet the nugget of knowledge from his vast experience of traversing 120 yards (110 metres) via two 60-yard lengths in a trench – dug 4ft deep and 3ft wide in a Welsh field – filled with murky, mucky river water is not a tip about technique.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
In a satiric short video, Rabid Dogs, 2002, for example, white-collar workers dress upas rapacious canines, clutching Burberry bags in their mouths and traversing cubicles on all fours.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of traversing

Verb

Five first-rounders were traded to acquire George as the prerequisite to signing Leonard, and five more were forfeited as punishment for circumventing the salary cap.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Russian forces are clamoring for Rassvet after SpaceX cut off access in February to the Starlink network by unregistered user terminals in Ukraine, circumventing Russia’s illicit use of satellite communications for military operations.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumventing

Verb

The early days of our solar system were chaotic, marked by violent interactions as a multitude of space rocks orbiting the sun crashed into other objects.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
While no exoplanet has been definitively proven to have a global ocean, there are candidates like TOI-1452 b — a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star — that could contain a much larger proportion of water than Earth.

— Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of orbiting

Verb

Broadly, the rule of thumb is to drink it during periods of intense competition (to allow for muscle recovery) while avoiding it during periods of training (to promote muscle development).

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The truce applies only to the two capital cities, and overnight attacks into Sunday saw Russia continue its bombardment of Ukraine while avoiding Kyiv city.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of avoiding

Verb

The backlash comes as anti-immigrant sentiments bubble to the surface in some parts of the country – despite the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats falling to its lowest level since 2020, according to the Home Office.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
This has democratized expression by allowing ordinary people to speak, crossing the silos of traditional boundaries.

— Sindhu Bhaskar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of crossing

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