Noun

• S: (n) beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) highway, main road (a major road for any form of motor transport)
• S: (n) road, route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
• S: (n) way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another) "he said he was looking for the way out"
• S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• domain region
• S: (n) bypass (a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part))
• S: (n) shunt, electrical shunt, bypass (a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current)

Verb

• S: (v) bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around (avoid something unpleasant or laborious) "You cannot bypass these rules!"