Synonyms of got around

got around

verb

past tense of get around

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• mastered
• overcame
• took
• got
• beat
• conquered
• stopped
• dispatched
• won (against)
• triumphed (over)
• got the better of
• prevailed (over)
• did down
• surmounted
• subdued
• licked
• trimmed
• succeeded
• bested
• upended
• overmatched
• worsted
• knocked for a loop
• finished
• blew out
• buried
• swept
• blew away
• overbore
• edged (out)
• overwhelmed
• skunked
• slaughtered
• knocked over
• knocked off
• surpassed
• crushed
• exceeded
• scored
• upset
• snowed under
• whipped
• nosed out
• flattened
• capped
• bombed
• shellacked
• topped
• excelled
• routed
• annihilated
• smoked
• skinned
• thrashed
• broke
• clobbered
• creamed
• flourished
• trounced
• vanquished
• waxed
• subjugated
• aced (out)
• pipped
• transcended
• walloped
• outstripped
• overthrew
• eclipsed
• bettered
• overpowered
• outshone
• unseated
• outdid
• overtopped
• drubbed
• outdistanced
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• went down
• fell
• gave up
• failed
• went under
• washed out
• folded
• collapsed
• flunked
• flopped

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circumvented
• avoided
• evaded
• ignored
• bypassed
• escaped
• dodged
• sidestepped
• disobeyed
• beat
• shortcut
• skirted
• shook
• end-ran
• shunned
• prevented
• disregarded
• ducked
• eluded
• eschewed
• shirked
• outflanked
• warded (off)
• flouted
• deflected
• diverted
• averted
• obviated
• parried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kept
• complied (with)
• observed
• followed
• sought
• accepted
• obeyed
• pursued
• assented (to)
• welcomed
• acquiesced (to)
• acceded (to)
• embraced
• incurred
• caught
• contracted
• courted

3

as in spread

to become known

word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spread
• circulated
• got out
• came out
• got about
• leaked (out)
• got round
• broke
• unfolded
• told
• revealed
• developed
• outed
• disclosed
• transpired
• spilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• concealed
• hid
• hushed (up)
• disguised
• masked
• secreted

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoided
• evaded
• escaped
• shuffled (out of)
• kept clear of
• shook
• shunned
• eluded
• eschewed
• fought shy of
• prevented
• stayed clear of
• weaseled (out of)
• dodged
• deflected
• ruled out
• ducked
• steered clear of
• eliminated
• scaped
• shirked
• warded (off)
• excluded
• finessed
• missed
• precluded
• circumvented
• averted
• thwarted
• obviated
• excepted
• parried
• diverted
• debarred
• banned
• frustrated
• bypassed
• outwitted
• foiled
• outsmarted
• barred
• overreached
• foxed
• outfoxed
• skirted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sought
• accepted
• pursued
• embraced
• welcomed
• incurred
• caught
• contracted
• courted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of got around

Although the city, bound by a freakishly heavy snowfall and bitter cold, was hard to traverse, Dylan, now with plenty of time on his hands, got around. — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Notre Dame responded to Jefferson's big play with a 17-play, 75-yard drive lasting more than nine minutes by the time Carr got around the right side for a fourth-down TD keeper. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Alcott, Bekker, and their colleagues got around that limitation with a new technique that separates phosphorus according to the type of mineral it is bound to. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Two weeks after its short run ended, word got around, and Jaques received an out-of-the blue call from Sky’s then managing director of content (and later CEO of Sky Studios) Gary Davey, inviting him in for a chat. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

When word got around this week that the North Collins Street restaurant might be closing after 37 years, friends rallied around Airways and gave it a business boost to keep it around through Dallas Cowboys football season. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

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

InStyle tester Janice got around this roadblock by making this a part of her morning routine. — Emma Greene, InStyle, 4 June 2026