Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "approach" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

industrial rock

Derived Terms

Trager approach approach anxiety approach play approach shoe approach wedge approach-forcing approachability approachable approachableness approacher approaching approachless approachment closest point of approach cold approach counterapproach final approach missed approach multiapproach non-precision approach purposive approach reapproach seagull approach shotgun approach slam dunk approach surveillance approach unapproachability unapproachable unapproachableness unapproachably unapproached unapproaching

Entails

advance

Context

bowling fortification golf military tennis used only in plural

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accost act address air lane airway approximate come come close come up come up to conceptualisation conceptualization flight path formulation golf shot golf stroke motion move move movement proffer proposition similarity skyway suggestion swing timing way

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

instrument approach missed approach nonprecision approach precision approach visual approach

Type Of (IsA)

album conceptualization golf stroke motion movement similarity timing

Manner Of

address come

Related Terms

aircraft approach shot go go towards lane run up stand towards

Similar Terms

come near come on draw close draw near go up near

Synonym Network

access advance approach path border on entrance overture set about

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.