Synonyms of approaches

approaches 1 of 2

noun

plural of approach

1

as in paths

an established course for traveling from one place to another

will take the standard landing approach from the south

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paths
• routes
• ways
• roads
• avenues
• highways
• passages
• walks
• arteries
• trails
• drives
• roadways
• tracks
• passes
• streets
• lanes
• thoroughfares
• passageways
• boulevards
• routeways
• pike
• byways
• rows
• walkways
• bypasses
• bypaths
• expressways
• freeways
• turnpikes
• channels
• airways
• high roads
• portals
• hatches
• doors
• gates
• laneways
• doorways
• waterways
• gateways
• traces
• watercourses
• cycleways
• bikeways
• gats

2

as in methods

the means or procedure for doing something

that's a different approach to knitting, but it seems to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• methods
• strategies
• methodologies
• techniques
• ways
• manners
• recipes
• systems
• tactics
• styles
• forms
• plans
• fashions
• modes
• models
• programs
• tacks
• policies
• steps
• hows
• routes
• schemes
• practices
• processes
• designs
• blueprints
• moves
• shifts
• layouts
• plots
• games
• routines
• intrigues
• game plans
• ground plans
• lines
• modi operandi
• expedients

approaches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of approach

1

as in comes

to come near or nearer

the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comes
• closes
• nears
• arrives
• closes in
• lands
• draws on
• reaches
• comes up
• attains
• hits
• bellies up
• gains
• turns up
• touches
• nighs
• sneaks up
• waltzes (up)
• shows up
• borders
• makes
• creeps up
• verges
• adjoins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retreats
• withdraws
• recedes
• retires
• backs (up or away)
• leaves
• goes
• exits
• departs
• removes
• walks out
• runs away
• pulls out
• takes off
• quits
• shoves (off)
• lights out
• clears out

2

as in enters

to move closer to

approach the bull with caution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comes
• enters
• nears
• advances
• drops in
• nighs
• pops (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goes
• withdraws
• leaves
• retreats
• exits
• departs
• recedes (from)

3

as in approximates

to come near or nearer to in character or quality

his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approximates
• measures up (to)
• reflects
• compares (with)
• matches
• stacks up (against or with)
• parallels
• mirrors
• amounts (to)
• holds a candle to
• comes (to)
• adds up (to)
• touches (on)
• equals
• duplicates
• borders (on)
• verges (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of approaches

Noun

That’s what the RPA is banking on, that in the future someone will have to build on Block 780 should the approaches in Penn not be changed, as it currently is aimed at 780. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026

It is considered one of the more scalable approaches, but common solvents can create environmental and cost challenges. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026

In the 1950s and the early 1960s, concerns shifted to include more pragmatic approaches to developing and sustaining domestic cultural industries and encouraging technological development. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

Should the federal government ever take AI regulation seriously, the utility route would be among the most aggressive approaches available. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Accordingly, addressing this issue requires careful and gradual approaches grounded in a deep understanding of the domestic context, in a way that strengthens state authority and ensures that weapons are confined to the hands of the state while maintaining internal stability. —Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above. —Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026

Like 250 years The king has the serendipitous timing of arriving as the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches. —Susan Page, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026

San Francisco 49ers The 49ers need to find ways to extend their window of contention, but curious approaches to the draft could make that goal a challenge. —Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

Verb

Additional storm development is also possible across the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic as an upper-level system approaches from the west. —Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026

As a courtroom showdown between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively approaches next month, lawyers for the former co-stars continued to hash out key pretrial issues Tuesday before a federal judge. —Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026

Using an Analog Rytm saturator and a few choice plug-ins, Luke Fenton approaches sung snippets like wet clay, endlessly moldable with a little osmosis. —Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026

Now, 40 years after the incident Chornobyl stands as both a warning and a lesson, with its legacy still shaping how the world approaches nuclear safety. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026

As race day approaches, Barden and Weltman cross their fingers that everyone makes the start line. —Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

Officials describe a quiet throttling of spending as the agency approaches the threshold. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

Cellphone video captured by Chiu shows the hiker walking backward as the bear slowly approaches. —Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026

The media approaches these stories in kind of an uncurious way. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026