REACH Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈrēch

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as in to hand

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another would you reach me the potatoes, please?

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as in to contact

to transmit information or requests to you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days

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as in to affect

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did

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reach

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noun

as in scope

an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends she's got a good memory, but critical thinking seems to be beyond her reach

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as in rank

usually reaches plural the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession

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as in expansion

a wide space or area a wide reach of woods

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Recent Examples of reach

Verb

After shooting, there was initial confusion as to what had happened before journalists were able to reach their news outlets to report the details of what unfolded. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026 Those are the values SB 180 stripped in 2025 — a law that, under the guise of expediting hurricane recovery, suspends local comprehensive planning statewide for three years, reaching well beyond rebuilding, into stormwater management, environmental protection, and recouping the costs of growth. —

Haley Busch, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026

Noun

The model combines long tenure within one company with the credibility and executional reach to turn AI adoption, supply-chain redesign, automation, or capital-allocation priorities into enterprise-wide change. —

Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 This year’s draft saw Gladstone deliver several head-scratching reaches. —

Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reach

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reach

Verb

After a bit of back-and-forth, one of the crew members grabbed a plastic bag and handed it to a tall, radiantly handsome Canadian actor named Marc.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
The scrums and after-whistle activity that defined the first period of Game 2 and much of Game 1 simply were not there in Game 3, with the Lightning seemingly content to play between the whistles in an effort to avoid handing the Canadiens power plays in bunches.

— Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026