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tackle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tackle

items needed for the performance of a task or activity

  • grabbed my fishing tackle and headed out early one morning
Synonyms of tackle

accoutrements (or accouterments), apparatus, equipment, gear, hardware, kit [chiefly British], material(s), matériel (or materiel), outfit, paraphernalia, stuff
Words Related to tackle

accessories, appurtenances, attachments, fittings

baggage, belongings, impedimenta

appliances, facilities, instruments, machinery, tools

apparel, attire, habiliments, raiment, trappings

armamentarium, armory, arsenal, battery

assets, resources

tackle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tackle

to start work on energetically

  • once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom
Synonyms of tackle

attack, dive (into), wade (in or into)
Words Related to tackle

address, approach, face

buckle (down to), concentrate (on), focus (on), knuckle down (to), zero (in on)

fall (to), pitch in, plunge (in), settle (down)

pursue, take up, undertake
Phrases Synonymous with tackle

go at, have at, light into, pitch into, sail into, tear into
Near Antonyms of tackle

avoid, evade, shun

dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool, idle, lag, mess, monkey (around), play, poke, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

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