What are some opposite words for approach?
Antonyms for approach
əˈproʊtʃap·proach
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term approach.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
approachverb
To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.
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avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shunSynonyms:
address, address, apostrophize, appeal, cost, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to, wooPreposition:
Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.
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approach, attack, plan of attacknoun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
"his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
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attempt, flak, onrush, coming, feeler, tone-beginning, approaching, blast, approach shot, onset, glide path, onslaught, glide slope, approach path, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack, flack, fireapproach, approaching, comingnoun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
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climax, coming, feeler, approaching, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackaccess, approachnoun
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
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coming, feeler, approaching, approach shot, advance, access code, glide path, glide slope, approach path, accession, entree, attack, overture, access, admission, memory access, plan of attack, admittanceapproach path, approach, glide path, glide slopenoun
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, approachingnoun
the event of one object coming closer to another
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotoverture, advance, approach, feelernoun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his advances"
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rise, forward motion, cash advance, prelude, feeler, glide path, approaching, barbel, progression, advancement, approach shot, glide slope, coming, preliminary, improvement, approach path, antenna, advance, attack, procession, betterment, overture, access, onward motion, progress, plan of attackapproach, approaching, comingnoun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
"the approach of winter"
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climax, coming, feeler, approaching, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackapproachnoun
a close approximation
"the nearest approach to genius"
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, approach shotverb
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
"he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come nearverb
move towards
"We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
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rise, set about, cuddle, climb up, come along, draw close, get along, uprise, border on, progress, come on, go up, advance, surface, lift, snuggle, arise, burn down, come up, burn up, draw near, ascend, go on, climb, get on, move up, nest, shape up, show up, turn up, go about, nuzzle, come near, mount, nestle, come out, nearborder on, approachverb
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
"This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
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border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw closeset about, go about, approachverb
begin to deal with
"approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
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attempt, get down, come on, start out, commence, undertake, border on, go up, go about, draw near, come near, get, set about, begin, set out, near, start, draw closeapproach, come nearverb
come near in time
"Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
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border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw closeapproachverb
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
"I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
Synonyms:
border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw close
Editors Contribution
intimidateadverb
when someone has an intimidating personality versus an approachable one.
she always seemed so intimidating and hard to read. but now hearing that she has gone through so much and shared her side of the story, i feel she is now much more approachable.
Submitted by Ecmixon on January 4, 2022
How to use approach in a sentence?
We've had a lot of conversations about methodologies and the approach to transparency in the CCAR process that have been more of a concern.
What the Air Force is looking at is a task force to look across missions -- not just have a few experts in the room because, frankly, sometimes the threat is somebody using the wrong security card or letting the wrong person in a room … it’s not just hacking, not just the firewalls, so that’s the holistic view approach in the DoD [Department of Defense].
I haven’t seen a plan that does that, our members will be eager to see what the approach is there.
The thing I really found inspiring was the different approach -- to all kinds of aspect of life, of course, but especially in relation to drawing that I didn't understood until I came here, japanese drawings are often very flat. They don't really strive to create an illusion of three-dimensional that we often do in Western drawing.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu:
We need to look beyond the current approach to expand the basket of freight commodities. We will make sure we recapture the traffic.
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