Synonyms and Antonyms of circumvent

(verb.competition)
beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround
surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)
(verb.competition)
beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach
beat through cleverness and wit (verb.competition)
(verb.communication)
dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

avoid
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)
beat through cleverness and wit (verb.competition)

exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
be or do something to a greater degree (verb.competition)
surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

assail, attack
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with (verb.competition)

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

beg
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (verb.communication)
(verb.communication)
quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication)
surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

blockade, seal off
impose a blockade on (verb.competition)
(verb.competition)
ebb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb (verb.competition)

beat through cleverness and wit (verb.competition)

beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict (verb.competition)

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)
(noun.act)
dodging, escape, evasion
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)
(noun.act)
circumvention
the act of evading by going around (noun.act)
(noun.communication)
dodge, dodging, scheme
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)
(noun.communication)
hedge, hedging
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication)
(noun.person)
dodger, fox, slyboots
a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)
(noun.person)
equivocator, hedger, tergiversator
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer (noun.person)
beat through cleverness and wit (verb.competition)

beatable, vanquishable, vincible
susceptible to being defeated (adj.all)
surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

besieger
an enemy who lays siege to your position (noun.person)

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