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reach - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent, range; stretch |
| Synonyms: | ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, influence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing, purview |
| Antonyms: | limitation |
| 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: | 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: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, come near, verge on |
| 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
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, extend |
| Synonyms: | attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, go over, join, link, reach, span, traverse, unite, arch over, cross over, subtend |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | come in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter place |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, disembark, finish, immigrate, intrude, land, reach, show up, cross threshold, pass in, set foot in |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | come up to |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet expectations |
| Synonyms: | approach, arrive, equal, extend, match, reach, resemble, rival, admit of comparison with, bear comparison with, come near, compare with, get near, measure up to, rank with, stand comparison with |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone, circumscription, purlieus, purview |
| Main Entry: | confines |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundaries |
| Synonyms: | circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory, borders, bounds, limits, purlieus, purview |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate with |
| Synonyms: | approach, buzz*, call, connect, get, interact, network*, reach, relate, talk, telephone, touch base*, visit, be in touch with, check with, get ahold of, get in touch with, interface, phone, reach out, speak to, write to |
| Antonyms: | avoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, assume, collect, determine, develop, draw, educe, elaborate, elicit, evolve, excogitate, extract, follow, formulate, gain, gather, get, glean, infer, judge, make, make out, obtain, procure, put together, reach, receive, trace, work out |
| Antonyms: | create, invent |
| Main Entry: | dimensions/dimension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportions; range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, extension, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, dimensionality, extensity |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even, be even with |
| Synonyms: | agree, amount to, approach, balance, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, level, match, meet, parallel, reach, rival, tally, tie, touch, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with, live up to, measure up, partake of, rank with, rise to, run abreast, square with |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
| Main Entry: | expanse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large space, usually open |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, width, wilderness, amplitude, remoteness, uninterrupted space |
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