Synonyms of reaches

reaches 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of reach

1

as in hands

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another

would you reach me the potatoes, please?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hands
• passes
• gives
• transfers
• carries
• hands over
• bucks
• delivers
• fingers
• renders
• relinquishes
• relays
• handles
• yields
• surrenders
• turns over
• releases
• cedes
• bears
• paws
• gives up

2

as in contacts

to transmit information or requests to

you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in affects

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affects
• impresses
• influences
• impacts
• touches
• strikes
• sways
• inspires
• moves
• involves
• tells (on)
• gets to
• interests
• bothers
• penetrates
• attracts
• disturbs
• dazzles
• fascinates
• stirs
• engages
• transports
• carries away
• pierces
• tries
• afflicts
• concerns
• plagues
• entrances
• worries
• troubles
• enraptures
• perturbs
• captivates
• enthralls
• harasses
• ravishes
• biases
• enchants
• smites
• upsets
• colors
• stresses
• distresses
• wrings
• agitates
• pesters
• disquiets
• bewitches
• flusters
• charms
• harries
• discomposes
• allures
• discomforts
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bores
• wearies
• palls
• tires
• jades
• underwhelms

reaches

2 of 2

noun

plural of reach

as in rank

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement

there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rank
• level
• echelon
• ranking
• status
• standing
• degree
• situation
• station
• position
• rung
• place
• stratum
• footing
• walk
• function
• condition
• capacity
• order
• estate
• rating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reaches

Verb

The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead. —Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026

Avoid overhead sprinklers and choose soaker hoses, drip irrigation, or hand-watering so that water is delivered low and slow and reaches the roots. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 June 2026

Stress reaches the gut directly and can send it either way — diarrhea or constipation — or cause incomplete bowel movements. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026

The buyer who can afford a satellite feed sees inventories building before the figure reaches the government's report. —Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

And one company in the Fortune 500 reaches even further back to a time before the United States declared independence. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 6 June 2026

The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2026

Those early deployments could help Hello Robot improve the system before a future version reaches our homes. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

Venus, on the other hand, reaches its highest altitude in the western evening twilight during June for this current apparition and captures the gaze of millions. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 June 2026

Noun

The structural integrity of section 325 was in question as the roar of the crowd caused the upper reaches of the arena to literally start rumbling. —Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 11 June 2026

Hurricanes and other major weather events On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center was tracking a disturbance with low 10% development odds in the southern reaches of the Gulf’s Bay of Campeche. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026

Each spring the skies over central Nebraska fill with a special sound—a rolling, trumpeting, almost prehistoric chorus—as a slew of sandhill cranes descend on the wide and shallow reaches of the Platte River. —Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

He-Man — ended up on Earth as a child in the new Masters of the Universe, far away from the evil reaches of Skeletor. —Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026

Season 2 sees Louis and Claudia in Europe — just in time for World War II — and both novel and show expand outward to include things like vampire covens and AMC tie-in series to the further reaches of Rice’s lore. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 June 2026

That drive sent him to the farthest reaches of the African bush and to the deepest depths of the Caribbean Sea. —Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

Then, in an astonishing reversal, her career takes her to the furthest reaches of the solar system. —The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026

The work always started overnight, and the high reaches and lifts stayed up through the morning, even as guests entered the park. —Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026