1. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] reach a destination, either real or abstract.
Synonyms
- scale
- surmount
- summit
- ground
- access
- arrive at
- peak
- find
- locomote
- get at
- culminate
- top
- move
- bottom out
- hit
- go
- run aground
- catch up
- breast
- attain
- make
- gain
- get through
- come through
- travel
Antonyms
- stay in place
- top out
- arrange
- disengage
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Words that Rhyme with Reach
- long-beach
- inspeech
- screech
- impeach
- beseech
- swiech
- speech
- creech
- breech
- bleach
- wiech
- weech
- veech
- veatch
- veach
- teach
- reeche
- pietsch
- piech
- peach
- meech
- leitch
- leetch
- leech
- leach
- keetch
- keech
- keach
- dietsche
- dietsch
Example sentences of the word reach
1. Verb, base form
It is not until your puppy is about 1 year old that her permanent teeth will reach full size.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Flowering shrubs bloom most of the year, and some reach the height of small trees.
3. Noun, singular or mass
Keep deflated balloons out of reach of babies and toddlers.
Quotes containing the word reach
1. The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows.
- Donald G. Mitchell
2. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever
- Nicholas Sparks
3. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
2. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.
Synonyms
- attain
- max out
- arrive
- hit
- get
- come
Antonyms
- push
- raise
- pull
- unwind
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense.
Synonyms
- move
Antonyms
- enter
- hop out
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] be in or establish communication with.
Synonyms
- ping
- raise
- contact
- communicate
- get through
- intercommunicate
Antonyms
- please
- begin
- foot
- worst
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] to gain with effort.
Synonyms
- get to
- accomplish
- score
- win
- culminate
- progress to
- deliver the goods
- bring home the bacon
- wangle
- succeed
- finagle
- begin
- strike
- attain
- achieve
- average
- compass
- make
- manage
- come through
Antonyms
- move out
- rest
- buy
- miss
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] to extend as far as.
Synonyms
- be
- touch
- reach into
Antonyms
- defend
- abstain
- be born
- survive
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. reach
verb. ['ˈriːtʃ'] reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team".
Synonyms
- achieve
- make
- attain
- accomplish
- get to
Antonyms
- back
- behave
- discontinue
- refrain
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. reach
noun. ['ˈriːtʃ'] the act of physically reaching or thrusting out.
Synonyms
- movement
- stretch
- motion
- motility
- move
- reaching
Antonyms
- take office
- disconnect
- unfasten
- figure
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. reach
noun. ['ˈriːtʃ'] an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet".
Synonyms
- pallet
- approximate range
- internationalism
- contrast
- extent
- view
- horizon
- range
- confines
- purview
- ambit
- palette
- internationality
- spectrum
- compass
- expanse
- latitude
- ballpark
- orbit
- gamut
- scope
Antonyms
- minimum
- maximum
- lose
- stay
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. reach
noun. ['ˈriːtʃ'] the limits within which something can be effective.
Synonyms
- earshot
- rifle range
- rifle shot
- limit
- view
- hearing
- range
- eyeshot
Antonyms
- ascend
- go
- rise
- precede
Etymology
- rechen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ræcan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))