SHORTCUT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of shortcut

as in to circumvent

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?

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Recent Examples of shortcut

Verb

An agency that shortcuts training is an agency prone to lethal errors. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The remote even has shortcut buttons that take you directly to streaming services. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

Noun

Apple Turnovers Grandma always appreciated a smart shortcut, and these apple turnovers have that—frozen puff pastry makes the crust on these turnovers quick and easy. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2026 Aaron Button is a programmable shortcut system made up of three buttons built into Pitaka’s Edge smartphone case that can be used to trigger smart home routines, activate AI tools, control connected devices, and more. — Time Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shortcut

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut

Verb

All three said West Point appears to be circumventing the judge's ruling by using a different justification to continue to enforce its speech rules.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
To circumvent the council’s rulings, Khan created a development corporation, a mayoral body that could take control of the area and assume planning powers from the council.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumvent

Noun

The abrupt nature of the cutoff and its potentially dangerous military and humanitarian ramifications led to widespread public outcry focused both on Trump for pulling the rug out from under Ukraine and on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for enabling him.

— Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who moved to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and also bought a Miami home, and venture capitalist Peter Thiel also left California for Miami ahead of the Prop 40 cutoff.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutoff

Verb

Current and former employees say that the decision to restart injection came from the top of the oil division, including Strickland and McGinnis, among others — bypassing staff who objected to the plan.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Because they are structured as a purchase of future receivables rather than a traditional loan, MCAs bypass the lengthy underwriting process of traditional banks.

— Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypass

Noun

Beer says that the main transmission route of viruses of the Simbu serogroup are biting midges, which can rapidly spread infections, especially in the summer and autumn.

— Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Along most of its route, the water dropped just one meter in elevation per kilometer.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of route

Verb

But not all Chicagoans have the luxury of adjusting their schedules to evade the darkness, said Gina Scaletta, who has been walking dogs for more than a decade.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Adding items mid-meeting is permissible in emergencies, plaintiffs say, but not as means to evade public notice requirements.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of evade

Noun

In the city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah, a shipping container drifting down a street gave way Friday to a mess of mud and debris to be cleaned up as people who had evacuated earlier in the week returned home.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
There are few occasions that garner such good-willed camaraderie in New York City as the annual marathon, though the Knicks historic win this summer brought people out into the streets in rivaling numbers.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

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