| Main Entry: | bypass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
Synonyms: |
blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, finesse, get around, go around, go around the barn, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outflank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road, wink at |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
Synonyms: |
angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, go around, intrigue, jockey, leave holding the bag, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, play games, plot, proceed, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work |
Antonyms: |
neglect |
| Main Entry: | reel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble; spin around |
Synonyms: |
bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | revolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn, circle |
Synonyms: |
circumduct, go around, gyrate, gyre, orbit, roll, rotate, spin, turn around, twist, wheel, whirl |
| Notes: | revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, turn; proceed smoothly |
Synonyms: |
alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn; encircle |
Synonyms: |
begird, bypass, circle, circulate, circumnavigate, compass, encompass, flank, gird, girdle, go around, gyrate, hem, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, skirt, spin, surround, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | run |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, range |
Synonyms: |
be current, circulate, cover, encompass, extend, go, go around, go on, last, lie, move past, persevere, proceed, reach, spread, stretch, trail, vary |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | sidestep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge |
Synonyms: |
avoid, bypass, dance around, ditch, duck, elude, escape, evade, fudge, get around, get out of, give the slip, go around, juke, pussyfoot, put the move on, shake, shake off, shirk, skip out on, skirt, weasel |
| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
Synonyms: |
beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, opportunity |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack*, deed, favor, fling*, gesture, go around, go*, move, period, round, routine, say*, service, shift, shot*, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try |
Antonyms: |
failure, miss |