Approach Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-prōch
To come near in space
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. near
  2. advance
  3. come near
  4. draw-near
  5. come nearer
  6. go toward
  7. move toward
  8. drift toward
  9. come-up-to
  10. step up to
  11. roll up to
  12. loom up
  13. creep-up
  14. drive-up
  15. access
  16. verge upon
  17. address
  18. go near
  19. adit
  20. converge on
  21. advance on
  22. gain on
  23. approximate
  24. come into sight
  25. avenue
  26. progress
  27. set about
  28. close in
  29. come
  30. surround
  31. come-forward
  32. feel
  33. come closer
  34. gate
  35. catch up to
  36. come on
  37. overtake
  38. impend
  39. bear-down-on
  40. landing
  41. edge up to
  42. ease up to
  43. loom
  44. head into
  45. go up
  46. onset
  47. overture
  48. passage
  49. procedure
  50. reach
  51. start
  52. way
  53. draw close
  54. go-about
Antonyms:
  1. leave
  2. recede
  3. depart
A means of access
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. attack
  2. road
  3. path
  4. course
  5. way
  6. line
  7. modus operandi
  8. access
  9. plan
  10. procedure
  11. tack
  12. passageway
  13. technique
  14. plan of attack
Antonyms:
  1. departure
  2. leaving
  3. distancing
The act of coming near or on
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coming
  2. approaching
  3. advance
  4. advent
  5. arrival
  6. access
  7. appearance
  8. oncoming
  9. convergence
  10. reaching
  11. landing
  12. nearing
  13. imminence
  14. act of drawing near
  15. coming nearer
  16. accession
  17. nearness
To approach personally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. address
  2. request
  3. appeal to
  4. apply to
  5. speak-to
  6. talk to
  7. propose
  8. appeal
  9. accost
  10. direct oneself to
  11. make advances to
  12. make overtures to
  13. apply
  14. take aside
  15. talk to in private
  16. buttonhole
  17. corner
  18. descend on
  19. petition
  20. descend-upon
  21. sound-out
  22. sue
Antonyms:
  1. avoid
  2. shun
  3. turn-away
Overture; usually plural
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. proposal
  2. offer
  3. proposition
To come near in time
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. border on
  2. be imminent
  3. be forthcoming
  4. approximate
  5. threaten
  6. slip-by
  7. loom up
  8. await
  9. near
  10. draw-near
  11. impend
  12. challenge
  13. come near
  14. diminish
  15. decrease
  16. grow short
  17. rival
  18. stare one in the face
  19. be around the corner
  20. verge on
  21. forthcome
Antonyms:
  1. recede
  2. go away
  3. extend
  4. leave
  5. stretch-out
  6. distance
  7. depart
Plan of action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. method
  2. advance
  3. overture
  4. strategy
  5. program
  6. procedure
  7. advances
  8. nighness
  9. prearrangement
  10. feeler
  11. impendence
  12. impendency
  13. schematism
The event of one object coming closer to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. approaching
A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. approach-shot
The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. approach path
  2. glide path
  3. glide slope

Words Related to Approach

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Approach Sentence Examples

  • Her plan was to approach the building from the back parking lot.

  • Sofia didn't have time to plot how to approach her.

  • Deidre heard him approach from behind.

  • This approach is even more flawed than the first.

  • To achieve this, a catchment based approach is required.

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