Reaching Synonyms and Antonyms

Extending to a point
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. touching
  2. meeting
  3. going up to
  4. ending at
  5. stretching
  6. encompassing
  7. taking in
  8. spanning
  9. spreading to
  10. penetrating to
  11. embracing
  12. joining
  13. sweeping on to
Arriving
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. landing
  2. coming-to
  3. touching down
  4. entering
  5. disembarking
  6. making port
  7. getting off at
  8. alighting
  9. putting-in
  10. getting-to
  11. stopping at
  12. making it to
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Extending a part of the body
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. stretching
  2. straining
  3. making for
  4. lunging
  5. feeling for
  6. putting-out
  7. outstretching
  8. touching
  9. grasping
  10. seizing
  11. striking
To come to in number or quantity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. totalling
  2. numbering
  3. amounting
  4. aggregating
Be in or establish communication with
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contacting
  2. attaining
  3. getting
  4. hitting
Antonyms:
  1. missing
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Place into the hands or custody of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. arriving
  2. giving
  3. entering
  4. handing
  5. passing
Antonyms:
  1. leaving
  2. departing
  3. going
Reach a goal, e.g.,
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. making
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reach
  2. stretch
Accomplishment of an objective
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. arrival

Words Related to Reaching

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Reaching Sentence Examples

  • She stretched and sat up, reaching for her clothes.

  • Reaching down, he plucked from her lap.

  • A young forest growing up under your meadows, and wild sumachs and blackberry vines breaking through into your cellar; sturdy pitch pines rubbing and creaking against the shingles for want of room, their roots reaching quite under the house.

  • Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards' barracks, in which Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the stairs, and went in at the open door.

  • He nodded, reaching for another bale of hay.

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