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.

  •
  • 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 for conversation or solicitation (verb)
  • dare,
  • whistle for,
  • call,
  • flag,
  • brace,
  • annoy,
  • cross,
  • bother.
  •communication (verb)
  • hook.
  •greet (verb)
  • curtsy,
  • kiss,
  • kowtow,
  • vociferate,
  • shake hands with,
  • signal,
  • bow,
  • salaam,
  • embrace,
  • smile,
  • hug,
  • wave,
  • receive,
  • nod,
  • acknowledge,
  • notice.

• Other synonyms:

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