GOT AROUND Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

got around

verb

past tense of get around

as in defeated

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 circumvented

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 spread

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

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as in avoided

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 got around The gender data gap did not close because medicine finally got around to it. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Capital One got around federal limits on swipe fees by buying Discover’s card network; other banks complained, then went out looking for their own loophole. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 The Holy Trinity of New Jersey rock even got around a single mic at one point, and Flav couldn’t resist joining along. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2026 InStyle tester Janice got around this roadblock by making this a part of her morning routine. — Emma Greene, InStyle, 4 June 2026 Celebrations broke out from Port-au-Prince to South Florida as word got around the Haitian community that The Grenadiers were headed to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. — Michelle Kaufman may 24, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026 At the bar, residents who live on the same street finally got around to introducing themselves. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Penn never got around to melting them. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026 Russia has previously got around these signal blockers by using drones controlled by fiber optic cables. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for got around

Verb

Within years, the iconoclastic comic was a weary and defeated man — broke, baggy-eyed, and prematurely old.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Alaves defeated 10-man Getafe 3-0 and Sevilla rallied to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

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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

Definition of circumvented

Verb

Beyond seeking members' votes, campaigns and the party look to organized labor for help in spreading Democrats' message to voters and getting people to the polls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
And alumni are among the college’s best ambassadors for spreading that message, insists Emma Donatille, executive director of the WCC Foundation that has handed out nearly $440,000 in scholarships over the years.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Those have avoided injuries to key players that can demoralize a team and affect a season.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoided

Verb

Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who became chair after his 2004 Presidential campaign, told me that part of the job is learning how to tune out the complaints, something Martin has apparently not yet mastered.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
And for me right now, the Weeknd, whatever that is, it’s been mastered.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of mastered

Verb

The ball evaded him and reached Brobbey, but the striker could not control in the ocean of space he was left in.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Shortly before the shooting, agents were investigating two Guatemalan men known to be driving a white van who had previously evaded arrest and were potentially subject to deportation, the US attorney for Texas’ southern district said.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of evaded

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This weekend, drone footage circulated on social media from above the set of The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, where the director recreated the Abbey Road (1969) album cover at the now iconic crosswalk outside Abbey Road Studios in London.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Thus trumpets the tagline for Nicole Kidman’s assignation with Constantin Brancusi’s bronze and gold leaf Danaïde (1913), circulated online this past spring in advance of the work’s auction.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026