Showing Results for "approaches"

approaches

NOUN

way, means of arriving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

access path way

STRONG

accession advance advent avenue coming entrance gate landing nearing passage reaching road

WEAK

drawing near

Antonyms

STRONG

departure exit

WEAK

distancing leaving

NOUN

request, suggestion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appeal proposal proposition

STRONG

advance application offer overture

Antonyms

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denial refusal

STRONG

withdrawal

WEAK

departure distancing leaving

NOUN

plan of attack, resolution

Synonyms

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attitude concept idea manner means method mode procedure program style technique way

STRONG

course crack fling go lick offer shot stab whack wrinkle

WEAK

modus operandi new wrinkle

Antonyms

WEAK

departure distancing leaving

VERB

come nearer

Synonyms

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come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at come close compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after verge upon

Antonyms

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avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

VERB

make request, suggestion

Synonyms

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address advise feel greet

STRONG

accost beseech confer consult entreat implore plead propose supplicate thumb tumble

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONG

answer

WEAK

depart distance go away leave

VERB

begin

Synonyms

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start

STRONG

commence embark undertake

WEAK

set about

Antonyms

WEAK

depart distance go away leave

Example Sentences

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When I asked him how he approaches the stewardship of two houses synonymous with their founders’ creative visions, he offered a personally chilling analogy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

UniCredit last year pursued a takeover of BPM but ended up dropping it after the target rebuffed its approaches and the Italian government imposed conditions on a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

And as the June 11 opener approaches, business is booming.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Even so, treatments have been developed to help overcome insulin resistance, raising the possibility that similar approaches could eventually be created for GLP-1 resistance.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

On the contrary, when the enemy approaches, divided cities are always immediately lost.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli