Definitions For Bypass

noun

  • A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
  • A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
  • A surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
  • A road that goes around a blocked or very crowded area
  • A procedure done to allow blood to flow past a blocked blood vessel to reach the heart

verb

  • Avoid something unpleasant or laborious
  • To go around or avoid (a place or area)
  • To avoid or ignore (someone or something) especially to get something done quicker

Is Bypass a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
14

The word Bypass is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Bypass in a Sentence

  • The bridge is being rebuilt so we'll have to take the bypass.
  • To bypass the city, take the highway that circles it.
  • Is there a way to bypass the bridge construction?
  • He bypassed the manager and talked directly to the owner.

Synonyms for Bypass

Antonyms for Bypass

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