skirt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SKIRT

to avoid by going around <skirted the construction zone>

Synonyms bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, skirt

Related Words leapfrog; avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, shake, shun

Near Antonyms confront, face, meet; accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness <the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations>

Synonyms beat, bypass, dodge, get around, shortcut, sidestep, skirt

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)

Near Antonyms accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to); accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome; catch, contract, incur

Antonyms comply (with), follow, keep, obey, observe

to be adjacent to <the commercial district skirts the river's edge>

Synonyms abut, border (on), butt (on or against), flank, fringe, join, march (with), neighbor, skirt, touch, verge (on)

Related Words attach (to), communicate (with), connect (with), link (with); bound, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), fence, line, margin, rim, surround; contact, converge, meet

to serve as a border for <the wooden fence that skirts the construction site>

Synonyms bound, edge, frame, fringe, margin, rim, skirt

Related Words hem, trim; circumscribe, define, delineate, demarcate, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace; circle, compass, encircle, enclose (also inclose), environ, girdle, girth, loop, ring, round, surround, wall; check, confine, control, curb, limit, restrain, restrict

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