Synonyms of getting around

getting around

verb

present participle of get around

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• defeating
• mastering
• taking
• getting
• beating
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• getting the better of
• triumphing (over)
• conquering
• doing down
• stopping
• dispatching
• surmounting
• licking
• subduing
• worsting
• knocking for a loop
• trimming
• overmatching
• succeeding
• blowing out
• upending
• edging (out)
• besting
• overbearing
• blowing away
• nosing out
• finishing
• burying
• knocking over
• sweeping
• skunking
• knocking off
• exceeding
• overwhelming
• crushing
• slaughtering
• surpassing
• scoring
• acing (out)
• snowing under
• routing
• whipping
• upsetting
• bombing
• topping
• capping
• excelling
• flattening
• smoking
• annihilating
• skinning
• breaking
• shellacking
• flourishing
• trouncing
• clobbering
• thrashing
• creaming
• pipping
• drubbing
• overthrowing
• walloping
• waxing
• transcending
• subjugating
• vanquishing
• overpowering
• outstripping
• eclipsing
• bettering
• overtopping
• unseating
• outshining
• outdoing
• outdistancing
• outfighting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• going down
• giving up
• falling
• going under
• failing
• folding
• collapsing
• washing out
• flopping
• flunking

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circumventing
• avoiding
• bypassing
• evading
• ignoring
• escaping
• dodging
• sidestepping
• skirting
• disobeying
• beating
• shaking
• warding (off)
• shortcutting
• preventing
• eluding
• shunning
• end-running
• ducking
• disregarding
• eschewing
• shirking
• outflanking
• flouting
• deflecting
• diverting
• obviating
• averting
• parrying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• complying (with)
• following
• keeping
• observing
• obeying
• seeking
• acceding (to)
• assenting (to)
• pursuing
• acquiescing (to)
• accepting
• welcoming
• embracing
• courting
• contracting
• incurring
• catching

3

as in spreading

to become known

word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spreading
• circulating
• getting out
• coming out
• leaking (out)
• getting about
• getting round
• unfolding
• breaking
• telling
• outing
• developing
• revealing
• disclosing
• spilling
• transpiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• hiding
• hushing (up)
• concealing
• masking
• disguising
• secreting

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoiding
• evading
• shuffling (out of)
• escaping
• keeping clear of
• fighting shy of
• steering clear of
• staying clear of
• weaseling (out of)
• shaking
• eluding
• shunning
• eschewing
• preventing
• warding (off)
• dodging
• deflecting
• eliminating
• ruling out
• ducking
• scaping
• shirking
• excluding
• finessing
• missing
• circumventing
• obviating
• precluding
• averting
• excepting
• parrying
• thwarting
• diverting
• banning
• debarring
• bypassing
• outwitting
• frustrating
• foiling
• overreaching
• barring
• outsmarting
• skirting
• outfoxing
• foxing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeking
• pursuing
• accepting
• embracing
• welcoming
• catching
• contracting
• courting
• incurring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of getting around

Jessica Mathews here, filling in for Allie to give you a quick update on some recent reporting that looks at the pushback that Elon Musk’s companies are getting around the country. —Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026

Scorpio Rising Work has its hands on you this month, and there's no getting around it. —Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026

Now, the conference is getting around $3 million per school. —Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026

There’s no getting around paying taxes, but there’s something galling about paying for the privilege. —Brian Sloan,dan Avery, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026

With the hundreds of thousands of people expected to be in town for the event, road closures and getting around will be a challenge. —Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026

They were modified, reproduced, and outfitted in showy décor, becoming a key way of getting around for working-class Filipinos. —ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026

Most apps have questions requesting users’ ages, and some use specialized identification technology, but proponents say children are getting around these barriers. —Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026

Uber and other ride-share services are also convenient alternatives for getting around. —Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026