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 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which for decades sought to remedy vast racial injustices in America, has now made tackling discrimination against white people, especially men, a priority. —Andrea Hsu, NPR, 15 May 2026

See, half a dozen guys were down there, throwing around a big, old yellow Nerf football, kicking up sand, weaving around a couple of Styrofoam coolers, and tackling one another. —Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

Ahead, Katie Sullivan, the director of issue communications at the American Cleaning Institute, shares the best way to remove sticky, greasy residue from pot lids, at-home solutions for tackling even the most stubborn residue, and the one mistake to avoid that can make cleanup more difficult. —Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026

Let’s start by tackling those two concerns. —Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026