bypass

/bˈaɪpˌæs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
2. a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
3. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

verb

1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious
   “You cannot bypass these rules!”

Synonyms for bypass

• beltway
• ring road
• ringway
• shunt
• electrical shunt
• short-circuit
• go around
• get around

Words that rhyme with bypass

• pass
• glass
• grass
• mass
• bass
• class
• gas
• brass
• trespass
• ass
• surpass
• bluegrass
• amass
• chasse
• eelgrass
• harass
• impasse
• jackass
• sass
• sassafras
• underclass
• alas
• crass
• crevasse
• das
• dumbass
• eyeglass
• fiberglass
• hourglass
• landmass