Synonyms of circumvented

circumvented

verb

past tense of circumvent

1

as in bypassed

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness

employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bypassed
• avoided
• evaded
• ignored
• escaped
• dodged
• sidestepped
• disobeyed
• skirted
• beat
• shortcut
• prevented
• got around
• disregarded
• eluded
• shunned
• eschewed
• shook
• ducked
• outflanked
• flouted
• shirked
• obviated
• deflected
• averted
• diverted
• end-ran
• parried
• warded (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followed
• observed
• kept
• complied (with)
• accepted
• obeyed
• sought
• pursued
• embraced
• welcomed
• incurred
• caught
• acceded (to)
• contracted
• assented (to)
• acquiesced (to)
• courted

2

as in avoided

to avoid by going around

circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in traversed

to travel completely around

most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of circumvented

Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Capital controls were not being circumvented, instead they were being repriced. — Alice Liu, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

In May, OpenAI also said a separate internal model circumvented its own sandbox restrictions to post benchmark results to GitHub rather than to an internal Slack channel, as it had been told to do. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Kawhi Leonard’s trade to the Toronto Raptors is on hold pending the outcome of the NBA’s investigation into whether the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented salary-cap rules, the teams announced Thursday. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Anthropic had brushed off the White House’s concerns that guardrails on its Fable 5 model could be circumvented, adding to the string of fights the AI lab has gotten into with the White House. — Liz Rappaport, semafor.com, 16 June 2026

Torre’s team, and later The Athletic, dug into the connections between Aspiration and Clippers’ billionaire owner Steve Ballmer, who had invested $60 million in the company, and the NBA announced an investigation to determine whether Ballmer and the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules. — Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 29 May 2026

The court ruled that lawmakers had circumvented anti-gerrymandering standards passed by voters when adopting the prior map. — ABC News, 4 May 2026

Search and rescue team members circumvented the gate by riding a dirt bike and were able to locate the injured man, officials said. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026