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 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 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

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Verb

Drake Lindsey tossed three touchdowns in the first half to three different receivers and Minnesota defeated Washington 27-24 on Saturday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The Orange Order is named after William of Orange, a Protestant prince of Holland who defeated the Catholic King James to take over the British throne in the 17th century.

— Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of defeated

Verb

Those were Silver's first public comments after the Clippers were found to have circumvented salary cap rules on Kawhi Leonard's behalf — something the team vehemently denied during a yearlong investigation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
But the sides put the agreement on hold in early July pending any resolution of the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules with regard to Leonard's compensation.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumvented

Verb

Mayor Mamdani’s aides violated city rules and state law in using the disappearing Signal app to send messages to internet influencers to help them to spread word of the mayor’s achievements.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Extracting it economically remains difficult because uranium atoms are spread across vast volumes of water.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of spread

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It was produced by Federico Vindver, Luis Salazar and Sampaio; Jean Rodriguez handled vocal recording and production, and Mosty mixed and mastered the track.

— Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026
Clearly, the princess has mastered the art of dressing for the occasion.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of mastered

Verb

On the 16-yard pass to wide receiver Rashee Rice, Mahomes evaded a pass rusher, waited and stepped up in the pocket before completing a throw.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
People walking on the boardwalk narrowly evaded getting hit, with one woman jumping over the railing just in time before the car sped by.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of evaded

Verb

Several parody videos of people shoveling dessert into their mouths also circulated on social media.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
Mineral veins containing calcium sulfate and fluorite formed in the eastern Margin Unit, suggesting that hot water once circulated through the volcanic rocks.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of circulated

Verb

The Tigers pulled to within a point with 23 seconds left in the game after Tre Nichols escaped a trio of would-be tacklers and lofted a 67-yard touchdown pass to Carter McElhany.

— Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Hemingway escaped through a rear door and was later found by a police canine unit, allegedly hiding in a neighbor’s backyard, according to police.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026