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.

Homophones for Accost:

• acid, acedia, agitate, agouti, aikido, azt, acute, augite, act out, as yet, actuate, act, acidity, asset, augusta, axe head, astute, acaudate, agueweed, ascot, aged, august 15, aghast, Asadha, august, acheta, Azo Dye, aesthete, 15 August 1945, ague weed, assisted, azote, assiduity, accede, aside, aught, access code, ask out, agate, axseed, ax head, assist, Agua Toad, acquit, asat, acquitted, azide, acuity, acetate, acuate, associate, acadia, august 6, acid head, azido, acid dye, actaea, associated, aguacate, acth, accused, actuated, august 1, agitated.

Hypernym for Accost:

• v.

  • communication
    recognise, greet, approach, recognize.

Hyponym for Accost:

• v.

  • communication
    offer, come up, come.