GETS AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

gets around

verb

present tense third-person singular of get around

as in masters

to achieve a victory over somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles

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as in circumvents

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state

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as in spreads

to become known word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

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as in avoids

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract

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Recent Examples of gets around As a global chief, Daunt gets around by subway and other unkingly conveyances. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Throughout the film, Llínas gets around, both literally and thematically. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026 The clever idea gets around the biggest hurdle of bringing back the Sons cast — most of the major characters were killed off during the course of the show. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Packing snacks in individual portions also gets around having to dig through your bag. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026 That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026 The cathedral gets around 6 million visitors per year. — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 Soon enough, word gets around that a mysterious missile has been launched from the Pacific Ocean and the realization of the consequences set in, especially when it’s determined that the thing is hitting a city in a matter of 18 minutes. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 This approach gets around certain plasma confinement challenges faced by tokamaks, which arise from variations in magnetic coil density around the toroidal ring. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets around

Verb

Part of the ceiling consideration at quarterback is how a player masters the mental side of the game.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.

— Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Saudi Arabia's crucial East-West pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, according to a person familiar with the matter.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Additionally, because the $50 co-payment circumvents Part D, the amount doesn’t count toward a beneficiary’s annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of circumvents

Verb

If these agents can book accurately, respect budgets and manage the small headaches, the behavior change spreads into other categories fast.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
The Constitution spreads power among three branches and grants each an ability to check the others.

— Dan Lipinski, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of spreads

Verb

Calibrating policy under current conditions is complicated by Warsh's push for a more mercurial Fed that avoids signaling where policy is heading, preferring for markets to take their own signals from incoming data.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
The proportions remain practical, and the overall design avoids some of the visual excesses found elsewhere in the segment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoids

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Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of evades

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Modern facilities can use closed-loop cooling, where water circulates through the system rather than being continually consumed and discharged.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Russell tends to stay in the kitchen while Yvette circulates through the room.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulates

Verb

In the book, a fictional AI escapes its lab, runs copies of itself on machines no one is watching, and eventually releases a virus over time.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Network-level protections provide another barrier if an agent escapes its initial sandbox.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026