Synonyms for Accost:

• n.

  •
  • seek,
  • greeting.
  •
  • front.
  •accost (noun)
  • come up to,
  • address.

• v.

  •appeal (verb)
  • apply,
  • entice,
  • appeal,
  • implore,
  • beseech,
  • invite,
  • supplicate,
  • petition,
  • plead,
  • entreat,
  • buttonhole,
  • request,
  • beg.
  •approach (verb)
  • be-sought,
  • give tumble,
  • pro-posing,
  • giving a tumble,
  • giving a play,
  • be sought,
  • made up to,
  • giving play,
  • talks to,
  • makes overture,
  • made overture,
  • appealing to,
  • gave tumble,
  • appeals to,
  • spake to,
  • made advance,
  • gave play,
  • giving tumble,
  • applying to,
  • made to,
  • making to,
  • pro posed,
  • speaks to,
  • makes to,
  • feels one out,
  • makes up to,
  • making up to,
  • talked to,
  • took aside,
  • taking aside,
  • gave a play,
  • make to,
  • takes aside,
  • making overture,
  • sounds out,
  • feels out,
  • gives a play,
  • pro-pose,
  • applies to,
  • felt one out,
  • gives play,
  • feeling one out,
  • makes advance,
  • gave a tumble,
  • pro pose,
  • gives tumble,
  • felt out,
  • pro posing,
  • gives a tumble,
  • making advance.
  •approach for conversation or solicitation (verb)
  • dare,
  • whistle for,
  • call,
  • flag,
  • brace,
  • annoy,
  • cross,
  • bother.
  •bespeak (verb)
  • be spoke,
  • ex claim,
  • fore telling,
  • ex-claim,
  • be-spoke,
  • be speaking,
  • dis cusses,
  • fore tells,
  • be-speak,
  • fore-telling,
  • re serving,
  • re-serves,
  • be-speaks,
  • be-spake,
  • be-speaking,
  • re-served,
  • ex-claims,
  • fore-told,
  • ex-claiming,
  • fore tell,
  • dis-cussing,
  • fore told,
  • dis-cussed,
  • be spake,
  • dis cussing,
  • re-serving,
  • be-spoken,
  • ex claimed,
  • dis-cuss,
  • dis cuss,
  • fore-tell,
  • re served,
  • ex-claimed,
  • ex claiming,
  • dis cussed,
  • re-serve,
  • fore-tells,
  • dis-cusses,
  • re serve,
  • be speaks,
  • be spoken,
  • ex claims,
  • be speak.
  •challenge (verb)
  • ex-acts,
  • makes point of,
  • re claimed,
  • made a stand,
  • re claim,
  • makes stand,
  • faced down,
  • asks for,
  • making a point of,
  • in-quires,
  • faced off,
  • stands to,
  • stands up to,
  • made a point of,
  • ex-acted,
  • flying face of,
  • flying in face of,
  • ex act,
  • in quiring,
  • re quiring,
  • made point of,
  • ex-act,
  • fly face of,
  • insist up on,
  • objecting to,
  • re-claiming,
  • objects to,
  • re-claimed,
  • inviting competition,
  • in quires,
  • insisting upon,
  • stuck it out,
  • re-quire,
  • hung in,
  • made stand,
  • insisted upon,
  • make point of,
  • hangs in,
  • sticking it out,
  • ex acting,
  • sticks it out,
  • in-quiring,
  • re-quiring,
  • flew face of,
  • re claims,
  • insisted up on,
  • flies in the face of,
  • in-quire,
  • flying the face of,
  • invited competition,
  • re quires,
  • makes a stand,
  • searches out,
  • re-claims,
  • re-quires,
  • in quire,
  • ex acted,
  • in-quired,
  • standing up to,
  • invites competition,
  • ex-acting,
  • in quired,
  • re-quired,
  • making point of,
  • makes a point of,
  • ex acts,
  • re quire,
  • fly the face of,
  • insists upon,
  • face music,
  • flies the face of,
  • making stand,
  • facing off,
  • stood to,
  • faces down,
  • facing down,
  • insisting up on,
  • insists up on,
  • re quired,
  • flew in face of,
  • flies face of,
  • asking for,
  • making a stand,
  • re claiming,
  • make stand,
  • hanged in,
  • faces off,
  • calling out,
  • flies in face of,
  • flying in the face of,
  • objected to,
  • flew the face of,
  • sticked it out,
  • flew in the face of.
  •communication (verb)
  • hook,
  • accost.
  •confront (verb)
  • came against,
  • met eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • went one-on-one,
  • with stood,
  • comes up against,
  • came up against,
  • making my day,
  • meeting eyeball to eyeball,
  • with-stood,
  • call bluff,
  • made my day,
  • going up against,
  • goes one on one,
  • with standing,
  • call one bluff,
  • went against,
  • faces to,
  • went one on one,
  • met eyeball to eyeball,
  • facing up to,
  • goes one-on-one,
  • coming up against,
  • went up against,
  • faces with,
  • going one-on-one,
  • meet eyeball to eyeball,
  • face to,
  • meets eyeball to eyeball,
  • with-stands,
  • with-standing,
  • makes my day,
  • meets eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • facing with,
  • facing to,
  • goes against,
  • going against,
  • faces up to,
  • goes up against,
  • faced with,
  • coming against,
  • meeting eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • with stand,
  • comes against,
  • call ones bluff,
  • with-stand,
  • with stands,
  • going one on one,
  • faced to.
  •face (verb)
  • am confronted by,
  • run in to,
  • being confronted by,
  • running in to,
  • bitted the bullet,
  • bitted bullet,
  • took the bull by horns,
  • squares off,
  • taking the bull by the horns,
  • grapples with,
  • grappled with,
  • art confronted by,
  • are confronted by,
  • all owing,
  • took bull by the horns,
  • bitting the bullet,
  • takes bull by the horns,
  • wast confronted by,
  • was confronted by,
  • take the bull by horns,
  • taking bull by the horns,
  • is confronted by,
  • takes bull by horns,
  • takes the bull by horns,
  • taking the bull by horns,
  • all-owing,
  • copes with,
  • bits the bullet,
  • take bull by horns,
  • grappling with,
  • took the bull by the horns,
  • bits bullet,
  • taking bull by horns,
  • were confronted by,
  • bitting bullet,
  • all-owed,
  • took bull by horns,
  • runs in to,
  • takes the bull by the horns,
  • wert confronted by,
  • ran in to,
  • all owed.
  •greet (verb)
  • curtsy,
  • kiss,
  • kowtow,
  • vociferate,
  • shake hands with,
  • signal,
  • bow,
  • salaam,
  • embrace,
  • smile,
  • hug,
  • wave,
  • receive,
  • nod,
  • acknowledge,
  • notice.
  •hail (verb)
  • flags down,
  • waves down,
  • yoo-hooed,
  • yoo-hoos,
  • whistled down,
  • yoohooed,
  • sings out,
  • whistles down,
  • yoo hooed,
  • waving down,
  • whistling down,
  • sung out,
  • singing out,
  • yoohooing,
  • flagging down,
  • waved down,
  • yoo-hooing,
  • yoohoo,
  • yoohoos,
  • yoo hooing,
  • sang out,
  • flagged down,
  • yoo hoos.
  •harangue (verb)
  • get a soapbox,
  • yells at,
  • de claims,
  • gat on soapbox,
  • holds forth,
  • de-claimed,
  • getting soapbox,
  • gets soapbox,
  • gets a soapbox,
  • goes on about,
  • got on soapbox,
  • gat soapbox,
  • getting a soapbox,
  • gotten a soapbox,
  • gotten soapbox,
  • de claiming,
  • soapboxed,
  • de-claims,
  • got a soapbox,
  • getting on soapbox,
  • soapboxing,
  • gotten on soapbox,
  • de-claiming,
  • gat a soapbox,
  • getting on a soapbox,
  • yelling at,
  • get soapbox,
  • gets on a soapbox,
  • de claim,
  • yelled at,
  • going on about,
  • gat on a soapbox,
  • gets on soapbox,
  • gotten on a soapbox,
  • de-claim,
  • got soapbox,
  • got on a soapbox,
  • went on about,
  • de claimed.
  •meet (verb)
  • chances on,
  • brushing against,
  • runs across,
  • meets face to face,
  • brushes against,
  • meet face face,
  • falling in with,
  • fell with,
  • rubbed eyeballs,
  • meeting face to face,
  • touching shoulders,
  • meeting face face,
  • rubbing eyeballs,
  • rendezvousing with,
  • making meet,
  • fell in with,
  • make meet,
  • ran across,
  • digged up,
  • met face face,
  • running across,
  • ran against,
  • touched shoulders,
  • bump in to,
  • running against,
  • rubs eyeballs,
  • runs up against,
  • chancing on,
  • falls with,
  • met face to face,
  • made meet,
  • makes a meet,
  • meets face face,
  • making a meet,
  • makes meet,
  • runs against,
  • rendezvouses with,
  • falls in with,
  • made a meet,
  • rendezvoused with,
  • falling with,
  • brushed against,
  • ran up against,
  • touches shoulders,
  • running up against,
  • fall with,
  • chanced on.
  •molest (verb)
  • dis organizing,
  • dis organized,
  • dis placed,
  • dis organizes,
  • inter feres,
  • inter-feres,
  • dis-place,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis-placed,
  • dis-organizing,
  • dis places,
  • mis used,
  • mis using,
  • dis-places,
  • dis place,
  • dis-placing,
  • inter fere,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis placing,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis organize,
  • mis-using,
  • dis-organized,
  • mis-used.
  •proposition (verb)
  • pro positioning,
  • pro pounding,
  • pro pounds,
  • pro-pounding,
  • pro pound,
  • pro-pound,
  • pro positioned,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro positions,
  • pro-pounded,
  • pro pounded,
  • pro-pounds,
  • pro-positioning,
  • pro-position,
  • pro position,
  • pro-positioned.
  •salute (verb)
  • pays tribute,
  • payed homage,
  • taking hat to,
  • paying homage,
  • take hat to,
  • presented arms,
  • took hat to,
  • snaps attention,
  • takes hat to,
  • pays homage,
  • snapped attention,
  • paid homage,
  • payed tribute,
  • taking hat off to,
  • snap attention,
  • snapping to attention,
  • took hat off to,
  • takes hat off to,
  • presents arms,
  • snaps to attention,
  • snapping attention,
  • snapped to attention.
  •solicit (verb)
  • coming on to,
  • de-sire,
  • re quested,
  • sued for,
  • suing for,
  • passes hat,
  • passes the hat,
  • hits up,
  • passing hat,
  • sues for,
  • de sires,
  • passed hat,
  • pro moting,
  • de siring,
  • passed the hat,
  • hitting up,
  • re sorted,
  • hitting on,
  • re-sorting,
  • re-questing,
  • de-sires,
  • pass hat,
  • re questing,
  • re-quests,
  • comes on to,
  • pro-mote,
  • re quests,
  • de sired,
  • re-sorted,
  • re sorting,
  • re-sort,
  • passing the hat,
  • de-sired,
  • came on to,
  • pro-motes,
  • de-siring,
  • pro-moting,
  • hits on,
  • de sire,
  • re-sorts.
  •talk (verb)
  • delivering speech,
  • dis-courses,
  • delivers speech,
  • dis coursing,
  • dis courses,
  • delivering a speech,
  • gives talk,
  • dis course,
  • delivers a speech,
  • in duce,
  • delivered a speech,
  • gave a talk,
  • gave talk,
  • giving speech,
  • giving a talk,
  • gives a talk,
  • gives speech,
  • in-duces,
  • giving talk,
  • in-duce,
  • delivered speech,
  • dis-course,
  • in duces,
  • dis-coursed,
  • dis-coursing,
  • gave speech,
  • dis coursed.
  •waylay (verb)
  • swooped down on,
  • lied in wait,
  • lies in wait,
  • lays for,
  • lied wait,
  • sur prises,
  • lies wait,
  • setting up on,
  • sur-prises,
  • swoops down on,
  • sets up on,
  • sur-prising,
  • pounces on,
  • setting upon,
  • set up on,
  • sur prise,
  • sur prising,
  • sur-prised,
  • laid for,
  • swooping down on,
  • pouncing on,
  • laying for,
  • pounced on,
  • lie wait,
  • lying wait,
  • sur-prise.
  •welcome (verb)
  • offering hospitality,
  • accepts gladly,
  • showed in,
  • accepting gladly,
  • bids welcome,
  • showing in,
  • accepted gladly,
  • bad welcome,
  • offers hospitality,
  • bidding welcome,
  • bade welcome,
  • shows in.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • talk at,
  • corner,
  • collar.
  •
  • encounter.
  •approach
  • speaking to,
  • make advance,
  • Thumbing,
  • thumbed,
  • feel out,
  • sounded out,
  • implores,
  • give a tumble,
  • sounding out,
  • feeling out,
  • give a play,
  • thumbs,
  • feels,
  • make overture,
  • spoke to,
  • feel one out,
  • talk to,
  • apply to,
  • appeal to,
  • appealed to,
  • take aside,
  • give play,
  • sound out,
  • make up to,
  • speak to,
  • talking to,
  • applied to,
  • thumb.
  •confront
  • tell off,
  • face up to,
  • go against,
  • faced up to,
  • come up against,
  • go one on one,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • go one-on-one,
  • go up against,
  • face with,
  • come against,
  • make my day,
  • Fronting.
  •greet
  • usher in,
  • salaaming,
  • pay respects,
  • ushers in,
  • call to,
  • say hello,
  • High five,
  • exchange greetings,
  • called to,
  • highballs,
  • move to,
  • curtsied,
  • tip one's hat,
  • say hi,
  • shake hands,
  • curtsying,
  • roll out the red carpet,
  • salaamed,
  • shaking hands,
  • extend one's hand,
  • ushering in,
  • highball,
  • high-five.
  •harangue
  • soapbox,
  • held forth,
  • buttonholes,
  • apostrophizing,
  • going about,
  • spieling,
  • apostrophizes,
  • holding forth,
  • get on a soapbox,
  • hold forth,
  • spieled,
  • buttonholed,
  • soapboxes,
  • get on soapbox,
  • apostrophize,
  • harangue,
  • yell at,
  • go on about,
  • buttonholing,
  • apostrophized.
  •indicate
  • bespeak.
  •meet
  • digging up,
  • lucked,
  • lucking,
  • rub eyeballs,
  • touch shoulders,
  • meet face to face,
  • dig up,
  • make a meet,
  • run across,
  • rendezvous with,
  • digs up,
  • run against,
  • brush against,
  • fall in with,
  • chance on,
  • run up against.
  •waylay
  • lay for,
  • lay wait,
  • lie in wait,
  • sets upon,
  • lay in wait,
  • swoop down on,
  • lying in wait.
  •Other relevant words:
  • come up,
  • pounce on,
  • drench,
  • seize,
  • swipe,
  • treat,
  • proximate,
  • halloo,
  • cover,
  • invoke,
  • lift,
  • await,
  • stop,
  • meddle with,
  • overcharge,
  • get into,
  • rip off,
  • detain,
  • pray,
  • offer,
  • tap,
  • lure,
  • filch,
  • romance,
  • come on,
  • bury,
  • near,
  • approach abruptly,
  • handshake,
  • Appropinquate,
  • sneak,
  • get on,
  • addict,
  • uncover,
  • steal,
  • shake,
  • bob,
  • fleece,
  • mug,
  • halt,
  • plume,
  • bid good day,
  • draw near,
  • gazump,
  • pander to,
  • speak,
  • paw,
  • attack,
  • pilfer,
  • ambush,
  • close,
  • saturate,
  • manhandle,
  • feel,
  • Importune,
  • direct,
  • bear down upon,
  • pick,
  • ask,
  • crave,
  • adjoin,
  • woo,
  • handle,
  • soak,
  • bear down on,
  • snare,
  • knock-off,
  • plow,
  • cabbage,
  • interfere with,
  • set upon,
  • Betake,
  • hand-clasp,
  • thieve,
  • crochet,
  • come near,
  • pinch,
  • hello,
  • advance,
  • turn to,
  • come closer,
  • bear up,
  • court,
  • snarf,
  • make advances to,
  • cop,
  • memorialize,
  • hustle,
  • maltreat,
  • come forward,
  • intercept,
  • snitch,
  • close with,
  • ill-treat,
  • abstract,
  • nobble,
  • bow to,
  • surcharge,
  • come,
  • assault,
  • salutation,
  • abuse,
  • pounce upon,
  • glom,
  • rob,
  • pluck,
  • close in,
  • sidle,
  • wield,
  • approximate,
  • collide with,
  • bid good morning,
  • ball,
  • purloin,
  • deal,
  • tie up.

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.