Definition for Accost:

• approach with an offer of sexual favors; " he was solicited by a prostitute"; " The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

Synonyms for Accost:

• n.

  •
  • corner,
  • collar.
  •
  • waylay,
  • proposition,
  • confront.
  •
  • seek,
  • greeting.
  •
  • front,
  • face,
  • encounter,
  • meet.
  •accost (noun)
  • solicit,
  • come up to,
  • address.

• v.

  •appeal (verb)
  • address,
  • greet,
  • request,
  • appeal,
  • entreat,
  • approach,
  • solicit,
  • entice,
  • buttonhole,
  • implore,
  • petition,
  • plead,
  • supplicate,
  • apply,
  • beg,
  • beseech,
  • invite.
  •approach for conversation or solicitation (verb)
  • bother,
  • salute,
  • call,
  • hail,
  • whistle for,
  • entice,
  • confront,
  • flag,
  • proposition,
  • face,
  • cross,
  • brace,
  • dare,
  • run into,
  • address,
  • annoy,
  • welcome,
  • greet,
  • buttonhole,
  • challenge.
  •communication (verb)
  • hook,
  • come up to,
  • address,
  • solicit.
  •greet (verb)
  • curtsy,
  • receive,
  • hug,
  • kowtow,
  • kiss,
  • shake hands with,
  • nod,
  • wave,
  • signal,
  • notice,
  • acknowledge,
  • salute,
  • hail,
  • smile,
  • salaam,
  • bow,
  • welcome,
  • vociferate,
  • embrace.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • waylay,
  • corner,
  • collar.
  •
  • confront.
  •
  • encounter.
  •approach
  • make up to,
  • appeal to,
  • take aside,
  • talk to,
  • speak to.
  •greet
  • shake hands,
  • whistle for,
  • exchange greetings,
  • say hello,
  • call to.
  •harangue
  • harangue,
  • buttonhole,
  • apostrophize.
  •indicate
  • bespeak.
  •waylay
  • pounce on,
  • set upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bear down upon,
  • encounter,
  • paw,
  • Betake,
  • bear up,
  • offer,
  • handshake,
  • crochet,
  • bid good day,
  • bear down on,
  • come up to,
  • pounce on,
  • close,
  • proximate,
  • talk to,
  • come,
  • dare,
  • snitch,
  • deal,
  • addict,
  • ask,
  • await,
  • lift,
  • plow,
  • draw near,
  • bespeak,
  • ambush,
  • come up,
  • crave,
  • pick,
  • deal with,
  • hustle,
  • halt,
  • bow to,
  • stop,
  • flag,
  • sneak,
  • maltreat,
  • make advances to,
  • approximate,
  • waylay,
  • Importune,
  • ball,
  • near,
  • snare,
  • filch,
  • say hello,
  • hook,
  • confront,
  • invoke,
  • cross,
  • mug,
  • face,
  • wield,
  • treat,
  • hello,
  • get into,
  • tie up,
  • abstract,
  • court,
  • bob,
  • call to,
  • proposition,
  • take aside,
  • tap,
  • lure,
  • apostrophize,
  • purloin,
  • steal,
  • drench,
  • romance,
  • assault,
  • fleece,
  • Appropinquate,
  • rip off,
  • interfere with,
  • meddle with,
  • bury,
  • shake,
  • swipe,
  • run into,
  • close in,
  • cop,
  • meet,
  • seek,
  • abuse,
  • brace,
  • woo,
  • pluck,
  • harangue,
  • set upon,
  • collide with,
  • collar,
  • front,
  • feel,
  • seize,
  • attack,
  • ill-treat,
  • cabbage,
  • pilfer,
  • come forward,
  • thieve,
  • plume,
  • pounce upon,
  • shake hands,
  • pinch,
  • turn to,
  • talk,
  • get on,
  • detain,
  • appeal to,
  • handle,
  • cover,
  • exchange greetings,
  • rob,
  • address,
  • advance,
  • challenge,
  • come on,
  • saturate,
  • corner,
  • make up to,
  • salutation,
  • molest,
  • sidle,
  • memorialize,
  • uncover,
  • annoy,
  • come near,
  • surcharge,
  • snarf,
  • close with,
  • pander to,
  • halloo,
  • direct,
  • adjoin,
  • overcharge,
  • soak,
  • bother,
  • gazump,
  • call,
  • speak to,
  • greeting,
  • speak,
  • manhandle,
  • knock-off,
  • intercept,
  • nobble,
  • pray,
  • whistle for,
  • glom.

Antonyms for Accost:

• v.

  • approach for conversation or solicitation
    ignore, evade, scorn, refrain, turn away, aid, slight, shun, dodge, avoid, help.