GETS AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

gets around

verb

present tense third-person singular of get around

as in masters

to achieve a victory over somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles

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as in circumvents

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state

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as in spreads

to become known word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

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as in avoids

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract

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Recent Examples of gets around Throughout the film, Llínas gets around, both literally and thematically. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026 The clever idea gets around the biggest hurdle of bringing back the Sons cast — most of the major characters were killed off during the course of the show. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Packing snacks in individual portions also gets around having to dig through your bag. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026 That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026 The cathedral gets around 6 million visitors per year. — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 Soon enough, word gets around that a mysterious missile has been launched from the Pacific Ocean and the realization of the consequences set in, especially when it’s determined that the thing is hitting a city in a matter of 18 minutes. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 This approach gets around certain plasma confinement challenges faced by tokamaks, which arise from variations in magnetic coil density around the toroidal ring. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 Per Yahoo Finance , their social media impressions are 40 million+ per month and their website gets around 300,000 visits in a month. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets around

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Part of the ceiling consideration at quarterback is how a player masters the mental side of the game.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.

— Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Saudi Arabia's crucial East-West pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, according to a person familiar with the matter.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Additionally, because the $50 co-payment circumvents Part D, the amount doesn’t count toward a beneficiary’s annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of circumvents

Verb

Sharma recently created a new arm within Xbox meant to centralize and double down on commercial opportunities for top franchises such as Minecraft, similar to how Disney spreads its Marvel brand into movies, shows, theme park attractions, and more.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The 24-piece box comes with miniature jars of jams and spreads like fig and cardamom, caramel and dark chocolate, rhubarb and strawberry, apricot and honey, and more.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of spreads

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Settling at concept stage which layers can share, and which cannot, avoids both.

— Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Interestingly, the system stays within existing 18 kV power equipment limits and avoids costly requalifications of subsea infrastructure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoids

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This approach overcomes limitations in thick-electrode battery manufacturing, creating higher-energy-density batteries suitable for long-range electric vehicles.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Maybe your favorite wrestler finally overcomes insurmountable odds to become a world champion.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcomes

Verb

Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of evades

Verb

This simply means that heat escapes extremely slowly through this material, which is comparable to fiberglass insulation.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026
Once this reaches a critical point, the gas escapes, driving magma with it until the supply in the magma chamber is exhausted.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026