Synonyms of gets around

gets around

verb

present tense third-person singular of get around

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• masters
• overcomes
• defeats
• gets
• takes
• beats
• gets the better of
• stops
• conquers
• dispatches
• wins (against)
• prevails (over)
• triumphs (over)
• surmounts
• overbears
• does down
• overmatches
• subdues
• licks
• succeeds
• bests
• upends
• trims
• blows out
• worsts
• blows away
• knocks for a loop
• skunks
• overwhelms
• finishes
• sweeps
• buries
• exceeds
• surpasses
• scores
• knocks over
• noses out
• knocks off
• edges (out)
• crushes
• slaughters
• bombs
• excels
• whips
• upsets
• tops
• caps
• breaks
• flattens
• annihilates
• smokes
• clobbers
• transcends
• pips
• trounces
• creams
• skins
• flourishes
• snows under
• drubs
• thrashes
• routs
• subjugates
• wallops
• shellacs
• vanquishes
• overthrows
• waxes
• outshines
• eclipses
• outstrips
• outdoes
• overpowers
• outdistances
• unseats
• betters
• overtops
• outfights
• aces (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses (to)
• goes down
• goes under
• gives up
• falls
• fails
• collapses
• folds
• washes out
• flops
• flunks

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circumvents
• avoids
• evades
• bypasses
• escapes
• ignores
• dodges
• skirts
• beats
• disobeys
• sidesteps
• shakes
• eludes
• shortcuts
• prevents
• eschews
• shuns
• disregards
• shirks
• ducks
• wards (off)
• obviates
• deflects
• end-runs
• flouts
• outflanks
• diverts
• averts
• parries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• complies (with)
• follows
• keeps
• observes
• obeys
• seeks
• pursues
• accepts
• assents (to)
• welcomes
• embraces
• accedes (to)
• acquiesces (to)
• incurs
• catches
• contracts
• courts

3

as in spreads

to become known

word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spreads
• circulates
• gets out
• comes out
• gets about
• gets round
• leaks (out)
• outs
• breaks
• unfolds
• reveals
• tells
• develops
• discloses
• transpires
• spills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• masks
• hides
• conceals
• hushes (up)
• disguises
• secretes

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoids
• evades
• escapes
• eludes
• shuffles (out of)
• keeps clear of
• shakes
• weasels (out of)
• stays clear of
• eschews
• shuns
• fights shy of
• prevents
• steers clear of
• deflects
• dodges
• eliminates
• shirks
• scapes
• ducks
• wards (off)
• finesses
• excludes
• precludes
• rules out
• obviates
• misses
• circumvents
• thwarts
• averts
• parries
• debars
• excepts
• diverts
• bans
• outwits
• bypasses
• foils
• frustrates
• bars
• overreaches
• outsmarts
• outfoxes
• skirts
• foxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeks
• accepts
• pursues
• embraces
• welcomes
• catches
• incurs
• contracts
• courts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gets around

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

Shenfield, who hasn’t owned a car since 2021, primarily gets around on foot. —Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025

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