THESAURUS
Approach
MO, access, accomplish, accomplishment, accordance, accost, achieve, achievement, act on, address, adit, advance, advances, advent, advise, agreement, air lock, algorithm, alikeness, alliance, analogy, answer, anticipate, ape, aping, apostrophize, appeal to, appear, appear like, appearance, apply to, approaches, appropinquate, approximate, approximation, arise, arrangement, arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, asking price, assay, assimilation, asymptote, attack, attain, attain to, attainment, attempt, attitude, await, be around, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be like, be near, be received, be redolent of, be to be, be to come, bear down on, bear down upon, bear resemblance, bear up, bear upon, beg, begin to, beseech, bespeak, bid, blind landing, blow in, blueprint, blueprinting, bob up, bottleneck, break the ice, brew, bribe, bring to mind, buttonhole, buy, buy off, calculation, call, call to, call to mind, call up, center, centralize, chance, charting, check in, clock in, close, close in, close up, close with, closeness, collision course, come, come along, come close, come closer, come forth, come forward, come in, come into being, come into existence, come near, come on, come to, come to hand, come together, come up, coming, coming in, communicate with, community, comparability, compare with, comparison, concenter, concentralization, concentralize, concentrate, concentration, conception, concourse, concurrence, confer, confines, confluence, conflux, conformity, confront, congress, consult, contact, contrivance, converge, convergence, converging, copy, copying, correspond, correspond to, correspondence, corridor, corrupt, counsel, counterfeit, course, court, crack, crop up, crossing, cultivate, design, device, disposition, draw, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, effort, encounter, endeavor, engage, enterprise, entrance, entranceway, entreat, entry, entryway, environs, envisagement, equal, essay, establish connection, evoke, exert influence, expect, experiment, face, fall in with, fashion, favor, feeler, fetch, fetch up at, figuring, find, fix, fling, focalization, focus, follow, foreground, foresee, foresight, foretell, forethought, form, forthcome, forthcoming, funnel, futurity, gain, gain upon, gambit, game, gangplank, gangway, gather, get at, get cozy with, get in, get there, get to, get warm, go, graphing, grease, grease the palm, greet, ground plan, guidelines, guise, hail, hall, halloo, hang over, hit, hit town, hope, hover, hub, idea, identity, imitate, imitation, immediacy, immediate foreground, immediate future, imminence, impend, impendence, impendency, implore, importune, in, ingress, inlet, intake, intention, interrogate, intersect, invitation, invoke, landing, layout, lead on, lick, lie ahead, lie over, lift a finger, likeness, likening, line, line of action, lines, lineup, lobby, lobby through, long-range plan, look for, look forward to, look like, loom, lower, magnetize, maintain connection, make, make a pass, make advances, make an attempt, make an effort, make an overture, make contact with, make it, make overtures, make up to, manner, manner of working, mapping, master plan, match, materialize, means, means of access, meet, meeting, memorialize, menace, metaphor, method, methodology, mimic, mimicking, mirror, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi, move, movement, mutual approach, narrow the gap, narrowing gap, near, near future, nearly reproduce, nearness, negotiate, neighborhood, nigh, nighness, nip, not tell apart, offer, offering, opening, operations research, order, organization, overhang, overture, overtures, parallel, parallelism, parity, parley, partake of, passage, passageway, path, pay addresses to, pay court to, pay off, pinch, plan, planning, planning function, play up to, plead, plot, pop up, practice, prearrangement, precinct, predict, preliminary approach, present itself, presentation, procedure, proceeding, process, proffer, program, program of action, project, prophesy, propinquity, proposals, propose to, proposition, propositions, proximate, proximity, pull in, pull strings, punch in, purchase, purlieus, question, radius, raise, rationalization, reach, reaching, relate to, remind one of, reply to, resemblance, resemble, respond to, ring in, rival, roll in, routine, run after, run together, salute, sameness, savor of, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, seem like, semblance, setup, shine up to, shot, show up, sidle up to, sign in, similarity, simile, similitude, simulate, simulation, smack of, solicit, sound like, sound out, speak, speak fair, speak to, spokes, spring up, stab, stack up, stack up with, step, step up, strategic plan, strategy, stroke, strong bid, style, submission, suborn, suggest, supplicate, system, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, take after, take aside, take care of, talk to, tamper with, tangent, taper, technique, tentative, tentative approach, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, threaten, throw a pass, tickle the palm, time in, tone, touch, touchdown, trench, trial, trial and error, try, turn up, undertake, undertaking, unite, venture, venture on, venture upon, verge, vestibule, vicinage, vicinity, way, way in, whack, wire-pull, wise, work on, working plan
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Approach
Method
N
method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
Futurity
VB
look forwards, anticipate, forestall, come on, draw on, draw near, approach, await, threaten, impend.
Destiny
VB
impend, hang over, lie over, threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face, foreordain, preordain, predestine, doom, have in store for.
Nearness
N
nearness, proximity, propinquity, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, adjacency, contiguity, short distance, short step, short cut, earshot, close quarters, stone's throw, bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot, hair's breadth, span, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, environs, alentours, suburbs, confines, banlieue, borderland, whereabouts, bystander, neighbor, borderer, approach, convergence, perihelion, near, nigh, close at hand, near at hand, close, neighboring, bordering upon, contiguous, adjacent, adjoining, proximate, proximal, at hand, handy, near the mark, near run, home, intimate, near, nigh, hard by, fast by, close to, close upon, hard upon, at the point of, next door to, within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot, within an ace of, but a step, not far from, at no great distance, on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of, in the environs, at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side, on the tip of one's tongue, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, in sight of, in presence of, at close quarters, cheek by jole, cheek by jowl, beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete, in juxtaposition, yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of, on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to, in the way, about, hereabouts, thereabouts, roughly, in round numbers, approximately, approximatively, as good as, well-nigh.
Approach
N
approach, approximation, appropinquation, access, appulse, afflux, affluxion, advent, pursuit, approaching, approximative, affluent, impending, imminent, on the road, Int, come hither!, approach!, here!, come!, come near!, forward!.
VB
approach, approximate, appropinquate, near, get near, go near, draw near, come to close quarters, come near, move towards, set in towards, drift, make up to, gain upon, pursue, tread on the heels of, bear up, make the land, hug the shore, hug the land.