All bypass synonyms
by·pass
B b verb bypass
- omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- sidestep — to step to one side.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- finesse — extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
- burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go around — an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- wink at — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.