Synonyms of addresses

addresses 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of address

1

as in manages

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

the problem will only get worse if you don't address it now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manages
• handles
• manipulates
• treats
• takes
• negotiates
• plays
• fields
• contends (with)
• maneuvers
• comes to grips with
• grapples (with)
• copes (with)
• swings
• has a grip on
• hacks
• engineers
• pulls
• controls
• regulates
• directs
• carries out
• guides
• steers
• responds (to)
• commands
• gets off
• carries off
• reacts (to)
• finesses
• brings off
• jockeys
• runs
• micromanages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbles
• mishandles
• botches
• bungles
• messes (up)
• goofs (up)
• muffs
• scamps
• louses up
• foozles

2

as in devotes

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

please address yourself to what I'm saying and not to the television

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devotes
• applies
• gives
• commits
• works
• buckles
• bends
• gets cracking
• gets with it
• concerns
• sets (to)
• spends
• turns one's hand
• readdresses
• gets one's act together
• involves
• reapplies
• engages
• settles (down)
• stresses
• troubles
• knuckles down
• busies
• wears out
• exhausts
• exerts
• taxes
• pitches in
• plunges (in)
• plugs (away)
• hustles
• puts out
• carries on
• pegs (away)
• plows
• strains
• humps
• grinds
• plods

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plays
• idles
• trifles
• dawdles
• dallies
• putters (around)
• fools around
• fiddles (around)
• messes around
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• dillydallies

3

as in contacts

to transmit information or requests to

you may address the manager about your problems tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contacts
• reaches
• informs
• tells
• gets
• communicates (with)
• calls
• gets hold of
• advises
• gets in touch with
• notifies
• touches base (with)
• clues
• instructs
• familiarizes
• enlightens
• gets through (to)
• briefs
• phones
• telephones
• apprises
• acquaints
• fills in
• rings (up)
• buzzes
• keeps up (with)
• wises (up)

addresses

2 of 2

noun

plural of address

1

as in speeches

a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience

George Washington's Farewell Address

a papal address

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeches
• talks
• lectures
• sermons
• orations
• declamations
• harangues
• perorations
• presentations
• monologues
• tributes
• rants
• eulogies
• keynote addresses
• diatribes
• tirades
• panegyrics
• soliloquies
• salutatories
• homilies
• pitches
• spiels

2

as in behaviors

the way or manner in which one conducts oneself

a gentleman with all of poise and social address that one would expect of someone coming from old money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• behaviors
• actions
• demeanors
• attitudes
• manners
• conducts
• looks
• characteristics
• presences
• bearings
• poses
• traits
• deportments
• forms
• gestes
• courtesies
• comportments
• styles
• etiquettes
• postures
• practices
• attributes
• aspects
• affectations
• decorums
• habits
• rules
• proprieties
• airs
• protocols
• amenities
• poises
• modes
• mores
• patterns
• civilities
• customs
• formalities
• carriages
• singularities
• peculiarities
• conventions
• tricks
• habitudes
• fashions
• p's and q's
• miens
• marks
• oddities
• wonts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of addresses

Verb

The drilling partnership therefore addresses a fundamental part of the deployment model. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland. — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

For its part, the KC401 addresses the frustrations facing consumers. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

There’s no single architecture that optimally addresses every application. — Iri Trashanski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Formulated with a mixture of peptides and growth factors, the product effectively addresses several aging-skin concerns at once. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

In this podcast episode, Altman addresses the reality of AI alignment, the Hugging Face incident, and OpenAI's commitment to halting training runs if safety thresholds aren't met. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Eddins says freshmen learn about the school’s history with all its warts in orientation, and the school’s website addresses it directly. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

SafeSport is a nonprofit organization that addresses abuse claims regarding allegations of physical and emotional misconduct in Olympic sports. — Pj Green september 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Noun

To prevent festgoers from voting more than once for the same film, TIFF matches email addresses to ticket-buyer information, and verifies vote origin against IP addresses. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026

Fox will now be forced to hand over a list of all email addresses ever used by Nasser or Rupert Murdoch, as well as years worth of Fox board meeting minutes. — Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

Hundreds of thousands of primary residents had their names and addresses published online, while thousands more received notices requiring detailed documentation with little Department of Finance (DOF) guidance. — Michael Wolfe, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

The latest demonstration addresses one of the fundamental problems such a network must solve. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

The same customer can exist dozens of times across enterprise systems under slightly different names, addresses and identifiers, with nothing to link them. — Vishal Marria, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

This is a two-click process for Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 email addresses. — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

States were required to upload lists of their eligible voters’ names and mailing addresses to a portal that’s still being built. — Teddy Amenabar, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026

ZipRecruiter says its platform addresses each of these pain points. — Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026