Synonyms for address
əˈdrɛs, ˈæd rɛs; əˈdrɛsad·dress

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1. addressverb

   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.

   Synonyms:
   apostrophize, appeal, approach, cost, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to, woo

   Antonyms:
   avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

   Preposition:
   Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.

2. addressnoun

   Address is that indefinable something which enables a man to gain his object without seeming exertion or contest, and generally with the favor and approval of those with whom he deals. It is a general power to direct to the matter in hand whatever qualities are most needed for it at the moment. It includes adroitness and discretion to know what to do or say and what to avoid; ingenuity to devise; readiness to speak or act; the dexterity that comes of practise; and tact, which is the power of fine touch as applied to human character and feeling. Courtesy and politeness are indispensable elements of good address. Compare SPEECH.

   Synonyms:
   adroitness, courtesy, dexterity, discretion, ingenuity, manners, politeness, readiness, tact

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, boorishness, clownishness, clumsiness, fatuity, folly, ill manners, ill-breeding, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, unwisdom

   Preposition:
   Address in dealing with opponents; the address of an accomplished intriguer; an address to the audience.

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1. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   tact, manners

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, unmannerliness

2. addressverb

   Synonyms:
   accost, greet, salute, approach, apostrophize, appeal, hail, woo, court

   Antonyms:
   elude, avoid, shun, ignore, pass

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1. address, computer address, referencenoun

   (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

   Synonyms:
   extension, computer address, savoir-faire, book of facts, character reference, reference point, character, reference, mention, reference book, credit, acknowledgment, point of reference, citation, consultation, address, reference work, quotation, cite, denotation, destination, source, name and address, speech

2. addressnoun

   the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

   Synonyms:
   speech, destination, reference, savoir-faire, computer address, name and address

3. address, speechnoun

   the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

   "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

   Synonyms:
   computer address, spoken communication, savoir-faire, delivery, reference, manner of speaking, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, lecture, address, language, spoken language, destination, name and address, speech

4. addressnoun

   the manner of speaking to another individual

   "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"

   Synonyms:
   speech, destination, reference, savoir-faire, computer address, name and address

5. addressnoun

   a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described

   Synonyms:
   speech, destination, reference, savoir-faire, computer address, name and address

6. address, destination, name and addressnoun

   written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

   Synonyms:
   savoir-faire, terminus, speech, goal, computer address, finish, address, destination, name and address, reference

7. addressnoun

   the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball

   Synonyms:
   speech, destination, reference, savoir-faire, computer address, name and address

8. savoir-faire, addressverb

   social skill

   Synonyms:
   speech, destination, reference, savoir-faire, computer address, name and address, address

9. address, turn toverb

   speak to

   "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

   Synonyms:
   accost, cover, deal, turn to, speak, direct, handle, treat, address, plow, come up to, call

10. address, speakverb

    give a speech to

    "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

    Synonyms:
    address, come up to, cover, speak, handle, talk, plow, accost, direct, call, treat, verbalize, utter, turn to, verbalise, mouth, deal

11. address, directverb

    put an address on (an envelope)

    Synonyms:
    plow, come up to, target, lead, maneuver, take, treat, place, accost, point, turn to, aim, channelise, deal, take aim, call, train, head, steer, manoeuver, address, manoeuvre, direct, engineer, organize, channelize, organise, calculate, handle, conduct, cover, speak, send, orchestrate, mastermind, guide

12. addressverb

    direct a question at someone

    Synonyms:
    accost, cover, deal, turn to, speak, direct, handle, treat, plow, come up to, call

13. addressverb

    address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question

    Synonyms:
    accost, cover, deal, turn to, speak, direct, handle, treat, plow, come up to, call

14. address, callverb

    greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

    "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"

    Synonyms:
    call in, predict, forebode, prognosticate, plow, shout, phone, yell, come up to, accost, shout out, foretell, cry, treat, scream, holler, turn to, call up, call off, deal, call, cover, send for, hollo, address, visit, direct, promise, name, handle, squall, bid, speak, ring, telephone, anticipate

15. addressverb

    access or locate by address

    Synonyms:
    accost, cover, deal, turn to, speak, direct, handle, treat, plow, come up to, call

16. cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, addressverb

    act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

    "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

    Synonyms:
    speak, overcompensate, extend, handle, cut through, deal, continue, comprehend, embrace, divvy up, spread over, grapple, cut across, apportion, encompass, consider, get over, process, lot, portion out, dole out, make do, plow, shroud, accost, insure, brood, wield, make out, share, do by, plough, hide, take, administer, sell, parcel out, compensate, cross, come up to, turn, report, traverse, underwrite, breed, dispense, overlay, dish out, pass over, contend, enshroud, direct, allot, care for, track, get by, address, wrap up, distribute, cover up, carry on, cope, turn to, incubate, mete out, regale, get across, look at, treat, shell out, care, hatch, manage, deal out, palm, cover, conduct, call, trade

17. address, accost, come up toverb

    speak to someone

    Synonyms:
    accost, cover, hook, deal, turn to, solicit, speak, direct, handle, treat, address, plow, come up to, call

18. addressverb

    adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

    Synonyms:
    accost, cover, deal, turn to, speak, direct, handle, treat, plow, come up to, call

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1. • Access
   • Address
   • Adjust
   • Broach
   • Computer Science
   • Geographic Point
   • Golf
   • Manner Of Speaking
   • Speech Act
   • Stance
   • Street Sign
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1. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request, imploration, application, solicitation, suit

2. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   discourse, speech, oration, harangue

3. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, GUMPTION

4. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   superscription, direction

5. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   manner (in speaking to another)

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1. addressnoun

   Synonyms:
   discourse, speech, lecture, oration, allocution, direction, superscription, delivery

   Associated words:
   vocative

2. addressverb

   Synonyms:
   accost, speak to, direct, superscribe

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1. List of paraphrases for "address":

   tackle, addresses, resolve, direction, addressing, solve, directorate, treat, meet, respond, speech, remedy, deal, handle, confront, settle, addressed, tackling, dirección, face, adresse, combat, resolving, overcome, leadership, adress, handling, discuss, counter, fill, cope, correct, consider, rectify, answer, examine, treating, 'adresse, solving, site, raise, settlement, steering, cover, discourse, processing, resolved, satisfy, speak, fight, redress, eliminate

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