BYPASS Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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as in to circumvent

to avoid by going around we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road

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as in to ignore

to fail to give proper attention to a serious news event that was bypassed by the mainstream media so that they could concentrate on celebrity gossip

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as in to avoid

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness you can bypass the graduation requirements if you do enough extra credit

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Recent Examples of bypass

Verb

Fortunately, astronomers have their ways and means of bypassing the Zone of Avoidance, and now, Kraan-Korteweg and her team have done just that to discover the true scale of the vast Vela Supercluster. —

Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026 Our legal system must ensure that everyone is treated equally under the law, without specialized parallel tracks that bypass standard accountability. —

Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

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According to the lawsuit, this bypass also ruptured at least four times in February. —

Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2026 Without access to the turbines, water released from the dam must flow through much smaller bypass tubes that are unsafe to use for extended periods, choking flow from one of the West’s largest water banks. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bypass

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypass

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But the latest administrative checks, amid intensifying scrutiny, come after Italian media revealed internal emails that were framed as evidence that the Biennale organizers had circumvented sanctions against Russia to facilitate Russia’s participation.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Search and rescue team members circumvented the gate by riding a dirt bike and were able to locate the injured man, officials said.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026