CIRCUMVENTION Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word circumvention. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CIRCUMVENTION
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| avoidance | nounn | |||||
noun • deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | ||||||
| bypass | verbv | |||||
noun • a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center • a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) • a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current verb • avoid something unpleasant or laborious | ||||||
| cheating | nounn | |||||
noun • a deception for profit to yourself adjective satellite • not faithful to a spouse or lover • violating accepted standards or rules | ||||||
| connivance | nounn | |||||
noun • agreement on a secret plot • (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing | ||||||
| deceit | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| dodging | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do • a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery • deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | ||||||
| evasion | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth • the deliberate act of failing to pay money • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do • the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver | ||||||
| manipulation | nounn | |||||
noun • exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage • the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means | ||||||
| shortcut | nounn | |||||
noun • a route shorter than the usual one | ||||||
| subversion | nounn | |||||
noun • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | ||||||
| trickery | nounn | |||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
| outsmarting | verbv | |||||
verb • beat through cleverness and wit • defeat by more skillful maneuvering | ||||||
| outwitting | verbv | |||||
verb • beat through cleverness and wit | ||||||
| sidestepping | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||
| workaround | nounn | |||||
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| deception | nounn | |||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||
| delusion | nounn | |||||
noun • (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | ||||||
| fraud | nounn | |||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||
| imposture | nounn | |||||
noun • pretending to be another person | ||||||
