GRAPPLE (WITH) Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

grapple (with)

verb

Definition of grapple (with)

as in to address

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently a medical ethicist who grapples with extremely difficult questions all the time

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According to Tulsa World, the show stopped after just two songs and keyboardist Jonathan Cain addressed the crowd after all the other band members left the stage.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Kaur also had addressed Lopez’s mother in court, expressing condolences for the family’s loss.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of address

Verb

Spin is the result of eight years of research and development started in 2016 and handled by a team of about 10 tech, fashion and entertainment professionals in addition to Albrighi and Kuo, who serve as co-chief executive officers of the company.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In that case, however Taylor & Byrne chooses to handle her will be an advantage to Cathcarts.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of handle

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Its tech helped investigators find that former Toronto Raptors big man Jontay Porter manipulated his play on behalf of bettors.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Instead of filming hands of actual workers, young men with GoPro cameras strapped to their heads record themselves doing jobs while holding and manipulating what look like grippy robot claws.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of manipulate

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The main idea of the company is to automate parts of these missions so personnel can concentrate on operational decisions rather than manually managing every aspect of a drone’s flight or sensor operation.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Graham’s poetry—as readers of The New York Review will know—somehow manages to reckon with the whole spectrum of human existence in the 2020s.

— Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of manage

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Rather than relying solely on conventional T cells, future treatments may be able to exploit gamma delta T cells to expose a vulnerability in a cancer that has proved exceptionally difficult to treat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The hospital in question denied that Talarico had ever been treated there.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of treat

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The legislation takes a balanced and unprecedented approach to bundling a bevy of streamlining proposals into a single bill, said Ben Norris, senior vice president of regulatory affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Forward Eetu Luostarinen left the game midway through the third period after taking a puck to the face and did not return.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of take

Verb

And third, the FCC can negotiate a consent decree with the broadcaster to redress any violations and resolve an enforcement matter.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
No consensus on what counts as a weapon International efforts to negotiate a new framework banning all weapons in space have stalled because there is no agreement on what counts as a space weapon, among other things, according to Samson.

— Stephanie Liechtenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of negotiate

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