SHORTCUT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of shortcut

as in to circumvent

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?

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Recent Examples of shortcut

Verb

An agency that shortcuts training is an agency prone to lethal errors. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The remote even has shortcut buttons that take you directly to streaming services. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

Noun

That shortcut eventually left company credentials where Google Search autocomplete could surface them. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Olive Young, Korea’s largest health and beauty retailer, selected the lineup based on product performance, popularity, and trend leadership back home, essentially giving American shoppers a shortcut to what Korean beauty lovers are actually buying. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shortcut

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut

Verb

For a while, Michael believed that Leah would somehow try to circumvent the school’s vaccine requirements.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz remains in place, secondary sanctions are being tightened, and pressure is being increased on countries and financial networks that have allowed Tehran to circumvent previous restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of circumvent

Noun

Hawthorne failed to pay its bills, which prompted a cutoff of simulcast racing from other tracks and led to a death spiral.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Reddington also faulted the American psychiatric community’s diagnostic system for using a four-week cutoff to classify a disorder as having peripartum onset.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of cutoff

Verb

While not a common path for elite Japanese amateurs, bypassing the NPB draft would not be unprecedented.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent incidents, like OpenAI's models bypassing controls and Anthropic's models accessing real systems, underscore this threat.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of bypass

Verb

City officials asked people to avoid the downtown area where police are investigating the shooting.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Some China watchers, however, are keeping their expectations low, as both sides appear to be more interested in avoiding moves that would risk their current trade truce.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of avoid

Noun

AVs can cause safety issues, especially during inclement weather, blackouts and on roads where there's construction or unusual traffic.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Thus the oceanic feeling might be the royal road to establishing a museum of affiliations, rather than the old colonialist museum of conquests.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Verb

He was booked into San Diego Central Jail on charges of felony evading a peace officer with wanton disregard for safety, obstructing or resisting a peace officer and driving under the influence of drugs, according to police.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Johnson has previously stated the Illinois constitution’s flat income tax rate evades the city’s wealth gap.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of evade

Noun

An Arkansas State Police trooper was captured on dashcam footage yanking the passenger of a vehicle by his hair and punching him in the face after a high-speed chase that ended in the streets of Blytheville.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
There’s no denying that the fall 2026 runways made a strong case for color; even the street style scene is on board, slipping into colorful shoes and sporting handbags in a variety of vibrant shades—baby pink, chartreuse, and cobalt.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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