Synonyms of the word

approach

• v. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
• v. (transitive) To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
• v. To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).
• v. To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.
• v. (transitive, military) To take approaches to.
• v. To bring near; to cause to draw near.
• n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
• n. An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
• n. (in the plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.
• n. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
• n. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
• n. (used only in the plural, fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers…
• n. (golf, tennis) An approach shot.
• n. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
• n. (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

access

• n. (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
• n. (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
• n. (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
• n. (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
• n. (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
• n. (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession.
• n. (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
• n. (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
• n. (uncountable, law) The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
• n. (uncountable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
• n. (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
• v. (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
• v. (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

accost

• v. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To approach; to come up to.
• v. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
• v. To solicit sexually.
• v. (transitive) To assault (the most common modern usage).
• n. (rare) Address; greeting.
• n. An attack.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

address

• n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
• n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
• n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
• n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
• n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
• n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
• n. A description of the location of a property.
• n. (by extension) The property itself.
• n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
• n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
• n. An email address.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
• v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
• v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
• v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
• v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
• v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

advance

• v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
• v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
• v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
• v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
• v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
• v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
• v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
• v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
• v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
• n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
• n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
• n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
• n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
• adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
• adj. Preceding.
• adj. Forward.

airway

• n. (anatomy) The trachea.
• n. A flight path used by aeroplanes.

approaching

• adj. That approaches or approach.
• adv. Nearly.
• v. present participle of approach.
• n. The act of coming closer; an approach.

approximate

• adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
• v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. To come near to; to approach.
• v. To estimate.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

come

• v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
• v. (intransitive) To arrive.
• v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
• v. (intransitive) To take a position to something else in a sequence.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
• v. (copulative, figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
• v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
• v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
• v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
• v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
• v. (intransitive) Happen.
• v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have a social background.
• v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
• n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
• n. (slang) Semen.
• n. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
• prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
• interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
• interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
• n. (typography, obsolete) Alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form…

coming

• v. present participle of come.
• n. The act of arriving; an arrival.
• adj. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
• adj. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
• adj. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

conceptualisation

• n. the act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.

conceptualization

• n. The process of forming a conceptual form of a phenomenon; the act of conceptualizing.
• n. The concept so formed; something conceptualized.

feeler

• n. (literally) Someone or something that feels.
• n. (anatomy) An antenna or appendage used for feeling, especially on an insect.
• n. (figuratively) Something ventured to test another's feelings, opinion, or position.

formulation

• n. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
• n. (medicine) A medicinal preparation.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

near

• adj. Physically close.
• adj. Closely connected or related.
• adj. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
• adj. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
• adj. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
• adj. (of an event) Approaching.
• adj. Approximate, almost.
• adj. (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
• adj. (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
• adj. (obsolete, slang) Stingy; parsimonious.
• adv. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
• adv. (colloquial) nearly.
• prep. Close to, in close proximity to.
• prep. Close to in time.
• v. To come closer to; to approach.
• n. The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

overture

• n. (obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.
• n. (obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
• n. (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
• n. (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
• n. (music) A musical introduction to a piece of music.
• v. (intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

proffer

• n. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
• n. (law) Something that is offered into evidence; an offer to which one is willing to testify under oath.
• n. Essay; attempt.
• v. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
• v. To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.

proposition

• n. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
• n. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
• n. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
• n. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on…
• n. (grammar) a complete sentence.
• n. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered…
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a…
• n. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
• n. (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
• v. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone who one is not sexually…
• v. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

similarity

• n. Closeness of appearance to something else.
• n. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.

skyway

• n. An airplane route.
• n. An elevated road.
• n. Synonym of skybridge: a elevated corridor connecting buildings above ground level.

suggestion

• n. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).
• n. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
• n. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
• n. (law, countable) information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

swing

• v. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• v. (intransitive) To dance.
• v. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
• v. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
• v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
• v. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
• v. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
• v. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than…
• v. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
• v. (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
• v. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
• v. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
• v. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
• v. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
• n. The manner in which something is swung.
• n. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
• n. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
• n. A dance style.
• n. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
• n. The amount of change towards or away from something.
• n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
• n. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
• n. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
• n. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
• n. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in…
• n. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
• n. (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

timing

• n. (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine,…
• n. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
• n. (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
• n. (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
• v. present participle of time.

way

• n. (heading) To do with a place or places.
• n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
• n. A state or condition.
• n. (heading) Personal interaction.
• n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft,…
• n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
• n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
• n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions…
• n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large…
• n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table…
• interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
• v. (obsolete) To travel.
• adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
• adv. (slang, with positive adjective) Very.
• adv. (informal) Far.
• n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.