GETTING AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

getting around

verb

present participle of get around

as in overcoming

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 circumventing

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 spreading

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

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as in avoiding

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 getting around Currently, getting around requires a buggy, but bicycles for each villa will be arriving soon. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 There’s no getting around the fact that friends of weed often become friends of incivility, then crime. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 No getting around pitching problem Around midseason, Colorado seemed poised to avoid becoming only the fifth MLB franchise to lose 100-plus games four years in a row. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 Aaron Turpen / New Atlas For those in the back seat, well, there’s no getting around the tininess of the EX30. — New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026 Some took to social media to post images of barricaded roads and ask for advice about getting around. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 For now, however, the focus for students is simply getting around campus. — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting around

Verb

The Dolphins had plenty more opportunities after Gordon’s penalty to right the ship, overcoming the challenges that the team’s second-half belly-flop presented.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
The Knicks got into the win column for the first time this season by overcoming a 13-point deficit in Tuesday’s home victory against the Detroit Pistons.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcoming

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His largely disappointing tenure ended when the Clippers had to forfeit five first-round draft picks and were fined $30 million for circumventing salary cap rules in regard to how Leonard was compensated.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Finally, the lawsuit said Brave violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by circumventing technological measures the NYT and other content owners use to restrict access to their articles.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of circumventing

Verb

What Florida would be choosing School vaccination requirements help communities establish herd immunity, which is when enough people are vaccinated to prevent a disease from easily spreading.

— Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
These methods gained prominence in France during the 2016 labor protests before spreading further during the Yellow Vest movement.

— Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Alternately, Senate leaders could wait to pass the bill until daylight saving time resumes next March, avoiding an awkward midwinter time jump.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
These guidelines address avoiding delays in pregnant women and discuss the safety to perform MRIs without contrast and CT scans with contrast.

— Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of avoiding

Verb

The Rams find the end zone late in the second quarter after a sluggish start and don’t look back, defeating the Chargers 24-9 to improve to 4-4 on the season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The matchup was billed as a rematch of Super Bowl LX, which Seattle won in February by defeating New England 29-10 to claim the franchise’s second Vince Lombardi Trophy.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of defeating

Verb

The failure may not come from an attacker bypassing a security control but from an authorized system taking an action that was technically permitted but operationally wrong.

— Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The Pan-Arctic Cable project could also extend to Canada and eventually link with Japan and South Korea, notably bypassing the United States.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypassing

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Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away.

— Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
State police said the evading vehicle is believed to be a white 2025-27 Hyundai Genesis GV70 with damage to the right side mirror, right headlight and right front fender.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026