Verb: circumnavigate ,sur-kum'na-vu,geyt
- Travel around, either by plane or ship
"We circumnavigated the earth";
- compass
- Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"They tend to circumnavigate their responsibilities";
- hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck [informal], sidestep, finesse
Derived forms: circumnavigated, circumnavigates, circumnavigating
Encyclopedia: Circumnavigate