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| 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: | 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: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | advance, appeal, application, offer, overture, proposal, proposition |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, advise, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, greet, implore, plead, propose, supplicate, tumble, appeal to, apply to, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, make advance, make overture, make up to, sound out, speak to, take aside, talk to, thumb |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
| Synonyms: | attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack*, wrinkle*, new wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | commence, embark, start, undertake, set about |
| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
| Synonyms: | admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, ingress, introduction, key, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | egress, outlet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | approach, bespeak, call, discourse, discuss, greet, hail, lecture, orate, pitch, pontificate, spiel*, spout, stump*, talk, deliver speech, deliver talk, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, memorialize, root for, sermonize, take the floor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advance(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirous pursuit of someone |
| Synonyms: | approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | advent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning or arrival of something anticipated |
| Synonyms: | appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation |
| Antonyms: | departure, end |
| 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 |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal approach, purpose |
| Synonyms: | aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, perspective, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint |
| 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: | arrival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming to a destination |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, appearance, approach, entrance, happening, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return, alighting, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, homecoming |
| Antonyms: | departure, disappearance, leave |
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental outlook |
| Synonyms: | air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, inclination, leaning, mental state, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, headset, like it is, mindset, mindtrip, say so, where one is at |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, passage, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way, parkway, pathway |
| Main Entry: | bear down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | close in on |
| Synonyms: | approach, near, press, weigh down, advance on, converge on |
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, be like, be similar to, come near, lie near, lie next to, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request silence, action, or inaction for money |
| Synonyms: | approach, buy, buy off, coax, corrupt, entice, fix*, get at, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, pervert, reward, seduce, soap*, square, suborn, sugar, tamper, tempt, tip, buy back, do business, get to, grease palm, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, sweeten the pot, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up a topic |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, bring up, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, moot, move, offer, propose, submit, suggest, ventilate*, hint at, open up, raise subject, speak of, talk of, touch on |
| Antonyms: | not mention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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