Synonyms

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apprise, v. notify, give or serve notice to, tell, inform, give word; report, announce, advertise, communicate; acquaint, brief, verse, familiarize, enlighten; advise, counsel, admonish, warn, point out, let know, give [s.o.] to understand, clue in, Inf. tip off; impart, disclose, divulge, reveal, break the news, come out with,

approach, v. 1. near, come near or nearer, draw near or nearer, come close or closer, draw close or closer; draw nigh to, move closer to, Inf belly up to, edge closer to; come within range, gain on, overtake, catch up to; hail, accost, confront, address, greet, salute, speak to.
2. approximate, nearly equal, come close to; resemble, be much like, be similar to, be comparable to.
3. present, offer, suggest, propose, recommend, advance, sound out; bring up, introduce, mention, broach; bring or put forward, propound, proffer, tender, hold out.
4. set about, begin, start, commence, make a start, take the first step, Inf get the show on the road.
5. make advances to, make overtures to, proposition, solicit.
-n. 6. nearness, close approximation, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood, propinquity.
7. access, entrance, entry, entryway, entree, inlet, in-•gress; ramp, drive, driveway, lane, path, pathway, sidewalk; road, route, roadway, course, street, avenue, boulevard; highway, turnpike, pike, freeway, expressway, parkway, causeway, throughway; main road, highroad, thoroughfare, state highway, U.S. Inf. interstate, state highway, tollroad; speedway, autobahn, superhighway.
8. door, doorway, hatch, gate, gateway, postern, portal; threshold, stile, turnstile, wicket; hall, hallway, passage, passageway, arcade, gangway, walkway, corridor, gallery; lobby, foyer, vestibule, anteroom, waiting room; anteporch, porch, portico.
9. method, procedure, steps, course, mode, way, manner, style.
10. advance, overture, prelude, motion, gesture; offer, invitation, proposal, proposition.
11. presentation, offer, proposal, idea, thought, suggestion, recommendation.

approachable, adj. 1. accessible, attainable, reachable, within reach, getatable, Inf. come-at-able.
2. (all of a person) open, agreeable, sociable, friendly, affable, congenial, genial; informal, low-key, easygoing; talkative, communicative, conversable,

approbation, n. approval, sanction. See - approval (defs. 1, 2).

appropriate, adj. 1. suitable, fitting, befitting, meet, proper, becoming, seemly; suited, fit, well-suited, likely, agreeable, adapted, congruous; expedient, due, (of punishment) condign.
2. timely, felicitous, seasonable, convenient, opportune.
3. apt, pertinent, applicable, relevant, germane, apposite, apropos, to the point.
4. proper, particular, own, individual, separate, peculiar, characteristic, idiosyncratic.
-v. 5. (all usu. of funds) set apart, assign, allot, apportion, appoint; allocate, disburse, dole out; authorize, legislate.
6. take possession of, avail oneself of, claim, confiscate, impound; seize, commandeer, expropriate, arrogate, usurp, accroach, assume; make free with, help oneself to, steal [s.o.'s] thunder.
7. steal, thieve, pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf snitch; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, swindle, pocket; shoplift, palm, SI. boost, walk off or away with; SI. pinch, SI. swipe, SI. rip off, SI. crook,