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GET AROUND Synonyms

There are 23 synonyms of the phrase get around. (exact relations)
There are 13 hypernyms of the phrase get around. (close relations)
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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

circulate
verbv
verb

• become widely known and passed on

• cause to become widely known

• cause to be distributed

• move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

• cause to move in a circuit or system

• move around freely from person to person or from place to place

circumvent
verbv
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)

commute
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work

verb

• exchange positions without a change in value

• travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

• change the order or arrangement of

• exchange a penalty for a less severe one

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

explore
verbv
verb

• inquire into

• travel to or penetrate into

• inquire into a subject in detail

• examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

hunt
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

• Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

• an instance of searching for something

• United States architect (1827-1895)

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

verb

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• chase away, with as with force

• yaw back and forth about a flight path

• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

• seek, search for

• search (an area) for prey

meander
verbv
noun

• a bend or curve, as in a stream or river

• an aimless amble on a winding course

verb

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

navigate
verbv
verb

• travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

• act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

• direct carefully and safely

perambulate
verbv
verb

• make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)

• walk with no particular goal

ramble
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an aimless amble on a winding course

verb

• continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

roam
verbv
verb

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

scavenge
verbv
verb

• clean refuse from

• collect discarded material

• feed on carrion or refuse

• remove unwanted substances from

search
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• an investigation seeking answers

• an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

• the examination of alternative hypotheses

• boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

verb

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• search or seek

• inquire into

• subject to a search

tour
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

• a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

• a period of time spent in military service

verb

• make a tour of a certain place

travel
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of going from one place to another

• a movement through space that changes the location of something

• self-propelled movement

verb

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• undertake a journey or trip

• make a trip for pleasure

• travel upon or across

• undergo transportation as in a vehicle

• travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

traverse
verbv
noun

• a horizontal beam that extends across something

• a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

• taking a zigzag path on skis

• travel across

verb

• travel across or pass over

• to cover or extend over an area or time period

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

visit
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

• a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

• the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)

• the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

• a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

verb

• go to see a place, as for entertainment

• go to certain places as for sightseeing

• pay a brief visit

• come to see in an official or professional capacity

• impose something unpleasant

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• stay with as a guest

• assail

wander
verbv
verb

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• go via an indirect route or at no set pace

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

break
verb, nounv, n
noun

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

verb

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

short-circuit
verb, nounv, n
verb

• hamper the progress of; impede

• create a short circuit in

• avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Best Hypernyms For GET AROUND

Here is a list of related hypernyms for get around, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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move travel avoid commute cross go journey locomote navigate roam socialise socialize traverse

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