access

¹ac·cess

noun \ˈak-ˌses also ik-ˈses\

Definition of ACCESS

1

a : onset 2 b : a fit of intense feeling : outburst

2

a : permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing b : freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something c : a way or means of access d : the act or an instance of accessing

3

: an increase by addition <a sudden access of wealth>

Examples of ACCESS

1. We have Internet access at the library.
2. <a sudden access of hay fever was making him feel miserable>

Origin of ACCESS

Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French acces, from Latin accessus approach, from accedere to approach — more at accede

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ACCESS

Synonyms: attack, bout, case, fit, seizure, siege, spell, turn

Related Words: recurrence, relapse; brainstorm, convulsion, eclampsia, pang, paroxysm, spasm, throe; agitation, frenzy; breakdown, collapse, prostration

Near Antonyms: arrest, relief, remission

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Rhymes with ACCESS

abscess, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress