Grade 8

circumvent (cir-cum-vent)

Definition


verb.
to manage to avoid or evade esp. by clever maneuvering; to go around; skirt; bypass

Example Sentence

She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

Synonyms

elude; evade; sidestep; skirt; bypass

Antonyms

encounter

Rhymes

  • bendt
  • bent
  • bente
  • brent
  • cent
  • dent
  • dente
  • ent
  • fendt
  • fent
  • gent
  • ghent
  • jent
  • kent
  • lent
  • meant
  • mente
  • pent
  • rent
  • scent
  • schwent
  • sent
  • spent
  • stent
  • tent
  • trent
  • vent
  • wendt
  • went
  • wente
  • zent

  • accent
  • ascent
  • assent
  • augment
  • cement
  • consent
  • content
  • dement
  • descent
  • dessent
  • dissent
  • event
  • extent
  • ferment
  • gourment
  • indent
  • intent
  • invent
  • lament
  • misspent
  • outspent
  • percent
  • present
  • prevent
  • relent
  • repent
  • resent
  • segment
  • tashkent
  • torment
  • unsent
  • unspent

  • circumvent
  • discontent
  • malcontent
  • nonevent
  • occident
  • overspent
  • reinvent
  • represent
  • supplement
  • underwent

  • misrepresent

  • overrepresent
  • underrepresent