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

His instincts and confidence were outstanding, and his tackling improved, too. — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

But rather than tackling this disruptive change and the resulting anxiety head-on, many educators are trying to make AI simply go away. — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

That part is too real, too disturbing, and Barrett’s hollow script avoids tackling the subject head on. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Bielema said his team didn't work much on tackling during fall camp to prevent injuries after a player was hurt making a tackle. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Yet tackling noise issues is challenging in part because the sources vary — think traffic on a busy street in Manhattan versus yelling in a neighboring room. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

The developments mark key steps in tackling an economic crisis sparked by the discovery of previously unreported debt. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

But beyond tackling dryness and dehydration, more active body lotions have ingredients—like peptides and retinol—that target specific concerns associated with aging skin. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Similar efforts to make quantum hardware more resilient include quantum chips designed to verify their own hardware, showing how reliability is becoming a problem that researchers are tackling at several levels. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026