Synonyms of approaches

approaches 1 of 2

noun

plural of approach

1

as in paths

an established course for traveling from one place to another

will take the standard landing approach from the south

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paths
• routes
• ways
• roads
• avenues
• highways
• passages
• walks
• arteries
• trails
• drives
• roadways
• tracks
• passes
• streets
• lanes
• thoroughfares
• passageways
• boulevards
• routeways
• pike
• byways
• rows
• walkways
• bypasses
• bypaths
• expressways
• freeways
• turnpikes
• channels
• airways
• high roads
• portals
• hatches
• doors
• gates
• laneways
• doorways
• waterways
• gateways
• traces
• watercourses
• cycleways
• bikeways
• gats

2

as in methods

the means or procedure for doing something

that's a different approach to knitting, but it seems to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• methods
• strategies
• methodologies
• techniques
• ways
• manners
• recipes
• systems
• tactics
• styles
• forms
• plans
• fashions
• modes
• models
• programs
• tacks
• policies
• steps
• hows
• routes
• schemes
• practices
• processes
• designs
• blueprints
• moves
• shifts
• layouts
• plots
• games
• routines
• intrigues
• game plans
• ground plans
• lines
• modi operandi
• expedients

approaches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of approach

1

as in comes

to come near or nearer

the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comes
• closes
• nears
• arrives
• closes in
• lands
• draws on
• reaches
• comes up
• attains
• hits
• bellies up
• gains
• turns up
• touches
• nighs
• sneaks up
• waltzes (up)
• shows up
• borders
• makes
• creeps up
• verges
• adjoins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retreats
• withdraws
• recedes
• retires
• backs (up or away)
• leaves
• goes
• exits
• departs
• removes
• walks out
• runs away
• pulls out
• takes off
• quits
• shoves (off)
• lights out
• clears out

2

as in enters

to move closer to

approach the bull with caution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comes
• enters
• nears
• advances
• drops in
• nighs
• pops (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goes
• withdraws
• leaves
• retreats
• exits
• departs
• recedes (from)

3

as in approximates

to come near or nearer to in character or quality

his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approximates
• measures up (to)
• reflects
• compares (with)
• matches
• stacks up (against or with)
• parallels
• mirrors
• amounts (to)
• holds a candle to
• comes (to)
• adds up (to)
• touches (on)
• equals
• duplicates
• borders (on)
• verges (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of approaches

Noun

Manouzi sees her Dearborn clients as especially entrepreneurial, with a willingness to test new, innovative approaches that might boost sales, or, for a restaurant business, bring diners into a space. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Korean officials have tried a variety of national- and local-level approaches to reverse falling birth rates. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Complementary approaches include everything from dietary supplements and botanical drugs, to mindfulness practices like Thai Chi, and physical approaches like massage therapy. — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Advocates and lawmakers fought over two approaches on the issue of regulating data centers’ energy use. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

On some streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Portland, Oregon, traffic signals default to red until a vehicle approaches. — Jeff McMurray, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2026

The community space could host nutrition and cooking workshops, emphasizing culturally relevant approaches and FAM coupled with dietitian support, which have proven especially effective. — Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

These approaches can be expensive and difficult to deploy over large areas. — Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026

By the end, Nidhi comes to find both approaches inadequate, even self-protective. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Verb

As the stock approaches fair value and its potential gains become more limited, the investor could sell more calls to collect additional income. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

In current, inflated prices, the outturn cost approaches £48–49 billion. — Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

The terms are evolving, and often used interchangeably for health care approaches not typically part of conventional medical care or that originated outside of Western medicine. — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

January, then, would be a very quiet time in MLB while the National Football League approaches its playoffs. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Three former UConn women’s basketball players are listed in the top 10 of ESPN’s top 50 WNBA players rankings as the WNBA approaches the break for the FIBA Women’s World Cup. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Asking basic questions about their insurance coverage for board members is a useful starting point for understanding how seriously the organization approaches risk. — Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

How Marino approaches a new acquisition might have something to do with. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Rajic approaches sales as primarily a science, not an art, his former colleagues say. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026