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

The players do different things well, including tackling and communicating with teammates. —Calvin Watkins mar. 19, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026

The protests were sparked by tax increases due to the fuel price escalator, a measure aimed at tackling climate change, under which fuel duty would rise by more than inflation annually. —Ian King, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026

Researchers at Central South University have developed a sodium-ion battery cathode that resists air damage, tackling a key flaw that has long limited the technology’s real-world use. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026

That combination of real-life science coupled with tackling existential planetary threats runs throughout Weir's work, and Project Hail Mary is no exception. —S.c. Stuart, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026