circumnavigate

Meaning

Verb

• To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
• To circumvent or bypass.
• To sail around the world.

Related

Similar words

• compass, go around, around
• circumvent, go round

Broader meaning words

• navigate

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō, from circum + nāvigō, from nāvis + agō. Surface analysis: circum- + navigate.