skirt | Definition of skirt

skirt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of skirt

1 to avoid by going around

skirted the construction zone

Synonyms of skirt

bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour

Words Related to skirt

avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, shake, shun

Near Antonyms of skirt

confront, face, meet

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

2 to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness

the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations

Synonyms of skirt

beat, bypass, circumvent, dodge, get around, shortcut, sidestep

Words Related to skirt

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 of skirt

accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to)

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

Antonyms of skirt

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

3 to be adjacent to

the commercial district skirts the river's edge

Synonyms of skirt

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

Words Related to skirt

attach (to), communicate (with), connect (with), link (with)

bound, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), fence, line, margin, rim, surround

contact, converge, meet

4 to serve as a border for

the wooden fence that skirts the construction site

Synonyms of skirt

border, bound, edge, frame, fringe, margin, rim

Words Related to skirt

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