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Reaching - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | reaching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | extending to a point |
| Synonyms: | encompassing, meeting, touching, embracing, ending at, going up to, joining, spanning, spreading to, stretching |
| Main Entry: | reaching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | arriving |
| Synonyms: | arrival, landing, coming to, disembarking, entering, getting to, stopping at, touching down |
| Main Entry: | reaching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | extending a part of the body |
| Synonyms: | extending, grasping, touching, feeling for, lunging, making for, outstretching, straining, stretching |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive at |
| Synonyms: | arrive, attain, check in, come, enter, get in, hit, land, make, overtake, show, show up, turn up, catch up to, clock in, come to, gain on, get as far as, get to, hit town, make it, make the scene, ring in, roll in, sign in, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch to; touch |
| Synonyms: | approach, attain, buck, come at, come up to, contact, encompass, end, equal, go, go on, grasp, hand, hold out, join, lead, lunge, make, overtake, pass, put out, seize, shoot, span, spread, stand, strain, strike, carry to, continue to, extend to, feel for, get a hold of, get hold of, get to, go as far as, go to, make contact with, pass along, roll on, shake hands |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain; rise |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, amount to, drop, fall, gain, move, rack up*, realize, score, sink, win, arrive at, climb to, come to |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate with |
| Synonyms: | affect, approach, contact, get, influence, maintain, move, sway, touch, get in touch, get through, get to, keep in contact, keep in touch |
| Antonyms: | miss |
| Main Entry: | attainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, finish, fulfillment, getting, procurement, reaching, realization, securing, winning, acquirement, gaining, obtaining, reaping, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | unbelievable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the imagination |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, beyond belief, cockamamie, cockeyed*, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy*, flaky*, flimsy*, for the birds, full of holes, harebrained*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, incredible, kooky, lamebrained, open to doubt, outlandish, past belief, phony, preposterous, questionable, reaching, scatterbrained*, screwy*, staggering, suspect, thick*, thin*, too much*, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, credible, plausible, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way, drawing near |
| Antonyms: | departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | pursuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chase, search |
| Synonyms: | following, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, trail, trailing, going all out, pursual, pursuance, tracking |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | realizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | achieving |
| Synonyms: | doing, performing, reaching, accomplishing, actualizing, attaining, completing, consummating, fulfilling, perfecting |
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, fishy |
| Synonyms: | borderline, debatable, different, disputable, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, farfetched, funny*, irregular, not kosher, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, queer, questionable, reaching, rings untrue, shady, shaky*, suspect, too much*, uncertain, uncommon, unsure, unusual, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, indubious, palpable, undoubted, unquestionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accomplish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed in doing |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, hit*, manage, perform, produce, pull off*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, win, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, get someplace, get there, make hay, make it, nail it, put it over, sew up, take care of |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | abandon, fail, nullify, relinquish, give up, not finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, bear, border, buzz*, come, come at, contact, converge, equal, match, meet, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, be comparable to, be like, belly up to, catch up, close in, come close, compare with, correspond to, creep up, draw near, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, move in on, move toward, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, leave, go away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, come near, verge on |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a destination |
| Synonyms: | access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, buzz*, check in*, disembark, dismount, drop in, enter, hit*, land*, pull in*, reach, report, show, show up, turn up, visit, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, clock in, drop anchor, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, make it, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch the clock, roll in*, sign in, sky in, take place, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, disappear, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, bring off, come through, complete, cop*, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get*, grasp, hit, obtain, procure, promote, pull off*, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win, accede to, arrive at, get fat, get hands on, get there, glom onto, latch onto, make it |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, lose, miss, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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