CIRCUMVENT


Meaning of CIRCUMVENT in English

verb

1.

Synonyms: frustrate 1, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart

Related Word: befool, dupe, hoodwink, trick; avoid, elude, escape, evade

Antonyms: conform ( to laws, orders ); cooperate ( with persons )

2.

Synonyms: skirt 2, bypass, circumnavigate, detour

3.

Synonyms: skirt 3, burke, bypass, ||polly-fox, sidestep

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