Synonyms for Circumlocute:

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • dodge,
  • hold off,
  • jump,
  • deflect,
  • escape,
  • stay away,
  • shrink from,
  • bypass,
  • skirt,
  • eschew,
  • shy,
  • duck,
  • avert,
  • stay out,
  • lay low,
  • skip town,
  • sidestep,
  • ditch,
  • steer clear of,
  • shake,
  • turn aside,
  • run for cover,
  • shun,
  • elude,
  • evade,
  • ward off,
  • withdraw,
  • shake off,
  • give the slip,
  • step aside,
  • weave,
  • fend off,
  • shake and bake,
  • divert,
  • desist,
  • flee,
  • keep clear,
  • hide,
  • abstain,
  • circumvent,
  • obviate,
  • skip out on,
  • shuffle off,
  • shirk,
  • fake out,
  • skip,
  • recoil.
  •deviate, err (verb)
  • stray.
  •digress (verb)
  • swerve,
  • beat about the bush,
  • depart,
  • get off the point,
  • roam,
  • wander,
  • Excurse,
  • ramble,
  • long way,
  • veer,
  • get off the subject,
  • meander,
  • get sidetracked,
  • be diffuse,
  • go by way of,
  • wander away,
  • aberrate,
  • divagate,
  • go off on a tangent,
  • drift.
  •divert (verb)
  • discourage,
  • bend the rules,
  • disturb,
  • attract attention,
  • draw away,
  • deter,
  • lead away,
  • get around,
  • disengage,
  • Disadvise,
  • sidetrack,
  • dissuade,
  • lead astray,
  • detract,
  • catch flies,
  • send on a wild-goose chase,
  • detach,
  • stall,
  • distract.
  •dodge (verb)
  • weasel,
  • shuffle,
  • tergiversate,
  • deceive,
  • trick,
  • malinger,
  • dark,
  • slip,
  • put the move on,
  • hedge,
  • shift,
  • fence,
  • tergiverse,
  • get out of,
  • pussyfoot,
  • equivocate,
  • move to the side,
  • short-circuit,
  • slide,
  • Juke,
  • parry,
  • fudge,
  • lurch.
  •stray (verb)
  • diverge,
  • get off the track,
  • do wrong,
  • digress,
  • sin.
  •wander (verb)
  • straggle,
  • maunder,
  • traipse,
  • globe-trot,
  • gallivant,
  • deviate,
  • jaunt,
  • walk the tracks,
  • vagabond,
  • Circumnutate,
  • take to the road,
  • stroll,
  • roll,
  • follow one's nose,
  • saunter,
  • hopscotch,
  • trek,
  • rove,
  • float,
  • amble,
  • tramp,
  • range,
  • gad,
  • hike,
  • circumambulate,
  • cruise,
  • trail,
  • peregrinate.

• Other synonyms:

  •avoid
  • Shied,
  • Escaping,
  • by-passed,
  • laid low,
  • by-passes,
  • turning aside,
  • Shying,
  • by-passing,
  • turned aside,
  • Withdrew,
  • stepped aside,
  • shies,
  • shakes off,
  • fending off,
  • steering clear of,
  • faked out,
  • By-pass,
  • skipped town.
  •wander
  • Jaunting,
  • circumambulated,
  • hopscotched,
  • globe trot,
  • globe-trotting,
  • take the road,
  • globetrotting,
  • vagabonded,
  • globetrot,
  • vagabonding,
  • circumambulating,
  • Jaunted.

Antonyms for Circumlocute:

• v.

  • avoid
    face, seek, stay, want, take on, help, allow, permit, meet.
  • digress
    go direct, be direct.
  • divert
    irritate, encourage, upset, attach, maintain, combine, connect, keep to, make mad, anger, unite.
  • dodge
    release, stand up to, encounter, confront.
  • stray
    remain.
  • wander
    run.