access

The word “access” has 2 syllables: ac-cess

It's pronounced as /ˈæk.sɛs/


What is synonym and antonym for access?

In the thesaurus, “access” has 19 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for access

  • accession
  • admission
  • approach
  • attack
  • bout
  • case
  • connection
  • door
  • enter
  • entrance
  • entry
  • fit
  • gateway
  • key
  • penetrate
  • pierce
  • seizure
  • spell
  • turn

Antonyms for access

  • arrest
  • discharge
  • dismissal
  • expulsion
  • leave
  • rejection
  • relief
  • removal

Meanings of access

  • noun
    1. A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
    2. The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
    3. The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
    4. The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
    5. Admission to sexual intercourse.
    6. An increase by addition; accession.
    7. An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
    8. An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
    9. The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
    10. The process of locating data in memory.
    11. Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

Example Sentences

  • She needs to access the database to retrieve the information.
  • The library provides access to a variety of online resources.
  • He was granted access to the restricted area after showing his ID.
  • Our new software allows users to access their files from anywhere.
  • The organization works to improve access to education for underprivileged children.

On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to access, such as: accession, admission, approach, arrest, attack, bout, case.

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  • abecedarian
  • accessory
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  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
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  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
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  • aside
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  • brass tacks
  • brief
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  • character
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  • compendium
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  • doctrine
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  • easy
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  • element
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  • facile
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  • import
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  • initial
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  • mention
  • minor point
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  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
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  • principle
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  • print
  • proclamation
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  • requirement
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  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
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  • simplest
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  • small letter
  • soul
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  • stratification
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  • stuff
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  • substratal
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  • summarization
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  • support
  • syllabary
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  • tab
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  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
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  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

abetter

  • accessary
  • accessory
  • accomplice
  • adjunct
  • ally
  • assistant
  • associate
  • backer
  • bedfellow
  • buddy
  • chum
  • coadjutor
  • coalitionist
  • cohort
  • collaborationist
  • collaborator
  • colleague
  • companion
  • comrade
  • confederate
  • confidant
  • conspirator
  • crony
  • empathizer
  • evidence
  • familiar
  • fellow
  • fellow traveler
  • friend
  • gangster
  • helper
  • henchman
  • informant
  • informer
  • intimate
  • mate
  • mobster
  • pal
  • partner
  • plotter
  • racketeer
  • supporter
  • sympathizer
  • traitor
  • well-wisher

abetters

  • accessaries
  • accessories
  • accomplices
  • adjuncts
  • allies
  • assistants
  • associates
  • backers
  • bedfellows
  • buddies
  • chums
  • coadjutors
  • coalitionists
  • cohorts
  • collaborationists
  • collaborators
  • colleagues
  • companions
  • comrades
  • confederates
  • confidants
  • conspirators
  • cronies
  • empathizers
  • evidences
  • familiars
  • fellow travelers
  • fellows
  • friends
  • gangsters
  • helpers
  • henchmen
  • informants
  • informers
  • intimates
  • mates
  • mobsters
  • pals
  • partners
  • plotters
  • racketeers
  • supporters
  • sympathizers
  • traitors
  • well-wishers

abetting

  • accessory
  • activating
  • adjuvant
  • advancing
  • advising
  • aiding
  • ancillary
  • appurtenant
  • assistant
  • assisting
  • attending
  • backing
  • backstopping
  • backup
  • bailing out
  • bearing a hand
  • benefiting
  • benefitting
  • bolstering
  • boosting
  • brewing
  • buttressing
  • championing
  • collateral
  • comforting
  • complementary
  • contributory
  • counseling
  • counselling
  • cultivating
  • delivering
  • detonating
  • easing
  • emboldening
  • encouraging
  • endorsing
  • energizing
  • enflaming
  • enlivening
  • exciting
  • extra
  • facilitating
  • favoring
  • fermenting
  • firing
  • fomenting
  • forwarding
  • fostering
  • furthering
  • galvanizing
  • guiding
  • heartening
  • helping
  • inciting
  • indorsing
  • inflaming
  • inspiring
  • instigating
  • invigorating
  • launching
  • mentoring
  • motivating
  • nourishing
  • nurturing
  • obliging
  • patronizing
  • picking
  • profiting
  • promoting
  • provoking
  • quickening
  • raising
  • reenforcing
  • reinforcing
  • rescuing
  • reserve
  • rousing
  • saving
  • secondary
  • serving
  • setting
  • setting in motion
  • setting off
  • smoothing
  • sowing
  • spare
  • sponsoring
  • standing one in good stead
  • stimulating
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • subsidiary
  • succoring
  • supporting
  • sustaining
  • triggering
  • vitalizing

abettor

  • accessary
  • accessory
  • accomplice
  • adjunct
  • ally
  • assistant
  • associate
  • backer
  • bedfellow
  • buddy
  • chum
  • co-conspirator
  • coadjutor
  • coalitionist
  • cohort
  • collaborationist
  • collaborator
  • colleague
  • companion
  • comrade
  • confederate
  • confidant
  • conspirator
  • cooperator
  • crony
  • empathizer
  • evidence
  • familiar
  • fellow
  • fellow traveler
  • friend
  • gangster
  • helper
  • henchman
  • informant
  • informer
  • intimate
  • mate
  • mobster
  • pal
  • partner
  • partner in crime
  • plotter
  • racketeer
  • second
  • supporter
  • sympathizer
  • traitor
  • well-wisher

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