Thesaurus
bypass
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BYPASS
1
to avoid by going around <we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road>
2
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>
Related Words fail; miss, omit; brush (aside or off), reject, shrug off, slough (off) also sluff (off); disdain, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn; scant, skimp
3
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness <you can bypass the graduation requirements if you do enough extra credit>
Related Words avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun; disobey, disregard, flout, ignore; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)
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