tackle 1 of 2

noun

ˈta-kəl How to pronounce tackle (audio)
Definition of tacklenext
as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity grabbed my fishing tackle and headed out early one morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

tackle

2 of 2

verb

as in to undertake
to start work on energetically once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of tackle
Noun
Defensive tackle Sterling Webb was successful using that path. — Pj Green october 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 After playing for Boise State last season and recording 60 tackles, Jeremiah Earby did not receive an opportunity at the professional level. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
An increasing number of Americans are raiding their retirement funds to tackle debt. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 According to Le Monde, around 150 firefighters and 50 emergency vehicles were deployed to tackle the blaze, which engulfed the market overnight. — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tackle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tackle
  1. equipment
  2. undertake
  3. gear
  4. approach
  5. stuff
  6. address
  7. apparatus
  8. attack
Noun
  • Performers weren’t spared either, with several forced to perform in the rain without covering for both artists and their equipment.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • That role demands reliable equipment capable of transmitting strategic instructions during severe national security crises.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of equipment
Verb
  • The apartment’s current owner, Adam Zoia, an executive in the recruiting industry, bought the apartment in 2021 and later undertook a two-year renovation.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, Waymo has undertaken a somewhat manic effort to bring the public around.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of undertake
Noun
  • The latest unit retains the same first six forward ratios as the outgoing Carrera T’s manual transmission, but ditches its predecessor’s somewhat awkward and largely superfluous seventh gear.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Images show an excavator in the backyard as police in protective gear continue to come and go from the property this week.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of gear
Verb
  • With the presidential elections approaching next April, political parties are scrambling to position themselves in relation to a protest movement that has shown no sign of abating.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As seen from Planet 2, Planet 1 will appear to approach on the inside lane, slow down, move to the outside lane and then fall away once again.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of approach
Noun
  • Even the stuff from the best Japanese markets (and a few chain sushi restaurants) will supply that familiar whiff to varying degrees.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Kate and Hal are mostly enjoying an interlude that Hal thinks is purely romantic, with a bit of work stuff sprinkled on top, and which Kate has designed as more of a half-and-half experience.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of stuff
Verb
  • But that concern has been addressed here thanks to the aforementioned brake upgrades, which deliver confident stopping power at speed as well as excellent pedal feel.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Word of her ouster leaked before the executive had the chance to address most of her internal teams — an announcement dovetailed with news of her incoming replacement, the venerated film and TV executive Peter Rice.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of address
Noun
  • Did your neighbors give you any weird looks or call the police about some guy loitering in scuba apparatus?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Fire Chief Cody Wynne noted the Fire Equipment Fund and Act 833 accounts are legally restricted for eligible fire apparatus and gear acquisitions.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of apparatus
Verb
  • Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Electrons can then leak out of the chain, bonding with oxygen in the wrong parts of the mitochondria to form highly reactive free radicals that attack and deform neighboring molecules.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of attack

Browse Nearby Words

tacking (up)
tackle
tackled
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Tackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tackle. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of jilt

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All