reach

The word “reach” has 1 syllable: reach

It's pronounced as /riːtʃ/

What is synonym and antonym for reach?

In the thesaurus, “reach” has 252 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for reach along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for reach

ability
accomplish
achieve
acquaint
address
advise
affect
afflict
agitate
allure
ambit
amount to
amplitude
apprise
approach
arrive
arrive at
attain
attract
bailiwick
bear
bewitch
bias
bother
breadth
brief
buck
buzz
call
capacity
captivate
carry
carry away
carry to
catch up to
cede
charm
check in
circle
climb to
clock in
clue
color
come
come at
come to
come up to
command
compass
concern
condition
confines
contact
continue to
dazzle
degree
deliver
demesne
department
depth
discipline
discomfort
discompose
disquiet
distance
distress
disturb
domain
drop
echelon
element
emptiness
enchant
encompass
end
engage
enlighten
enrapture
enter
enthral
enthrall
entrance
equal
estate
expanse
expansion
extend to
extension
extent
fall
familiarize
fascinate
feel for
fief
fiefdom
field
fill in
finger
fluster
footing
frontier
function
gain
gain on
gamut
get
get a hold of
get as far as
get hold of
get in
get in touch
get in touch with
get through
get to
give
give up
go
go as far as
go on
go to
grasp
hand
hand over
handle
harass
harry
hit
hit town
hold out
horizon
immensity
impact
impress
influence
inform
inspire
instruct
interest
involve
join
jurisdiction
keep in contact
keep in touch
keep in touch with
ken
land
latitude
lead
length
level
lunge
magnitude
maintain
make
make contact with
make it
make the scene
mastery
move
notify
orbit
order
overtake
panorama
pass
pass along
paw
penetrate
perturb
pester
phone
pierce
place
plague
plain
play
position
power
province
purview
put out
rack up
radius
range
rank
ranking
rating
ravish
realize
realm
region
relay
release
relinquish
render
ring in
roll in
roll on
rung
scale
scope
score
seize
shake hands
sheet
shoot
show
show up
sign in
sink
situation
smite
span
specialty
spectrum
sphere
spread
stand
standing
station
status
stir
strain
stratum
stress
stretch
strike
surrender
sway
sweep
swing
telephone
tell
terrain
territory
touch
transfer
transport
trouble
try
turn over
turn up
upset
void
walk
waste
width
win
wind up at
worry
wring
yield

Antonyms for reach

abandon
ascend
bore
compress
concentrate
deny
depart
discourage
dissuade
fail
fall behind
forfeit
go
ignorance
impotence
inability
incapacity
incompetence
jade
leave
let go
limitation
lose
miss
pall
refuse
release
rise
stop
surrender
tire
underwhelm
veto
weakness
weary

Meanings of reach

noun
1. The act of stretching or extending; extension.
2. The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
3. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
4. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
5. An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
6. The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
7. Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
8. The distance traversed between tacks.
9. A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
10. A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?).
11. An extended portion or area of land or water.
12. An article to obtain an advantage.
13. The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
14. An effort to vomit; a retching.
verb
1. To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
2. To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
3. To stretch out the hand.
4. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
5. To strike or touch with a missile.
6. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
7. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
8. To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
9. To make contact with.
10. To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
11. To arrive at a particular destination.
12. To continue living until, or up to, a certain age.
13. To understand; to comprehend.
14. To overreach; to deceive.
15. To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
16. To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
17. To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
18. To experience a vomiting reflex; to gag; to retch.

Example Sentences

He tried to reach the top shelf but couldn't get there.
They will reach the destination in about an hour.
Her voice can reach the highest notes in the song.
You need to reach out to customer service for assistance.
After years of hard work, she finally managed to reach her goals.

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