Synonyms of tackling

tackling

verb

present participle of tackle

as in approaching

to start work on energetically

once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approaching
• addressing
• undertaking
• attacking
• wading (in or into)
• diving (into)
• having at
• pursuing
• going at
• facing
• sailing into
• tearing into
• pitching into
• focusing (on)
• falling (to)
• concentrating (on)
• settling (down)
• buckling (down to)
• lighting into
• plunging (in)
• knuckling down (to)
• pitching in
• zeroing (in on)
• taking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• evading
• shunning
• playing
• messing
• lagging
• poking
• fooling
• idling
• trifling
• dawdling
• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• dallying
• pottering (around)
• dillydallying
• monkeying (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tackling

Kennedy, whose 2024 independent presidential campaign focused in part on tackling plastic pollution, also announced a $144 million effort to better measure, understand and remove microplastics that have made their way into human bodies. —ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

Learn how to start tackling your overdue debt today. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

Flea’s new release is a temple of American culture, tackling the timely subjects of civil war, peace and love, and doing so in its own meditative time and space. —Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026

In her eight years at THR, Kilkenny has risen from an associate editor to a beat reporter tackling union negotiations, workplace issues, the intersection of politics and entertainment and the flight of production from California. —Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026