Circumnavigate

/ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

Synonyms for "circumnavigate" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
bypassingcircle of friendscircle the blockcircuits

Strong matches (21)

circumventclose the circlecoastcome full circlecompasscrosscruisecycledescribe a circledetourencircleencompassflankgirdlegirdle the globego aboutgo around

Related words (36)

go around in circlesgo by shipgo on shipboardgo roundgo the roundgo to seagyrelapmake a circuitmake a passagemotorboatnavigateorbitplyrevolveroundrowrunsailsail round
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries

More specific

4 entries
bypass rulescircumvent regulationsglobe voyagesolo circumnavigation

Collocations

6 entries
circumnavigation of the globecircumnavigation routeglobe circumnavigationmaritime circumnavigationsolo circumnavigationworld circumnavigation

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

21 translations across 15 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • circumnavegar verb (to sail completely around something)

Czech

1 entries
  • obeplout verb (to sail completely around something)

Finnish

1 entries
  • purjehtia jonkin ympäri verb (to sail completely around something)

French

1 entries
  • circumnaviguer verb (to sail completely around something)

German

3 entries
  • umfahren verb (to sail completely around something)
  • umschiffen verb (to sail completely around something)
  • umsegeln verb (to sail completely around something)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hajóval megkerül verb (to sail completely around something)
  • körbehajóz verb (to sail completely around something)

Italian

1 entries
  • circumnavigare verb (to sail completely around something)

Latin

1 entries
  • circumnāvigō verb (to sail completely around something)

Māori

1 entries
  • taiāwhio verb (to sail completely around something)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • seile rundt verb (to sail completely around something)

Old English

1 entries
  • ymblīþan verb (to sail completely around something)

Polish

1 entries
  • opłynąć dookoła verb (to sail completely around something)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • circum-navegar verb (to sail completely around something)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • iom-sheòl verb (to sail completely around something)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bojar verb (to sail completely around something)
  • bojear verb (to sail completely around something)
  • circumnavegar verb (to sail completely around something)
  • circunnavegar verb (to sail completely around something)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

Source: wiktionary

On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.

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Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.

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Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.

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