circumvent
Verb
- surround so as to force to give up
- beat through cleverness and wit
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- to surround or besiege
- to outwit or outsmart
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumveniō.
Synonyms
beat, beleaguer, besiege, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, hem in, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, surround
Scrabble Score: 19
circumvent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcircumvent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
circumvent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary