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

If his lead reaches the magic number of 125 this weekend, nobody will be able mathematically to catch him for the rest of the season. — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Carpenter is hoping the investment reaches beyond the plant and gives more people in Braddock a chance to get ahead. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Its consumer platform also reaches into areas including credit, real estate, investment-property financing, and other financial questions. — Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Like those bigger budget projects though, AEIP movies will still qualify for performance bonuses if the film reaches certain viewership thresholds on streaming. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

Archeological records show their Algonquian-speaking ancestors arrived in the easternmost reaches of what is now Long Island about 10,000 years ago. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Federal marijuana rescheduling has barely taken effect, and the cannabis industry is already testing how far the change reaches. — Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

The Roadster 2 reaches over 26 feet in the air through its cold-gas thrusters, spins once in mid-air, then uses the same tech to land safely. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Those sensors could provide navigation, communications, environmental monitoring, and scientific data while operating continuously in places where sunlight never reaches. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Noun

For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

But, in the past few years, Namibia has seen a lot of positive conservation momentum, with these northwest reaches acting as a bellwether. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

The eye-opening bullet point in this survey, however, is that households with income of $500,000 and more feel as strapped as those at the lowest reaches of the income ladder, say with income of $50,000 to $100,000. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Even seats in the upper reaches of the stadium are reportedly fetching more than $3,500. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

In the far reaches of America’s largest state, prices are as high as $24 per gallon. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

In the summer of 2013, a local public-health official named Cristóbal Villar sent out a message on Radio Nacional Malargüe directed to a handful of pastoralist families scattered across the upper reaches of the Barrancas River. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Suspicion about the reaches and aims of Big Tech has been shown to be grounded and, frankly, reasonable. — Meredith Haggerty, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026

The warehouse, expected to be a hit with shoppers in the fast-growing southern reaches of the Treasure Valley, is also joined by a 16-pump gas station. — Rose Evans october 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026