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 69 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for access

  • accession
  • admission
  • admittance
  • agitation
  • approach
  • approval
  • attack
  • authorization
  • avenue
  • bout
  • brainstorm
  • breakdown
  • case
  • certification
  • collapse
  • connection
  • contact
  • convulsion
  • course
  • crash
  • door
  • doorway
  • drop in
  • eclampsia
  • encroach
  • enter
  • entrance
  • entree
  • entry
  • fit
  • frenzy
  • gate-crash
  • gateway
  • in
  • infiltrate
  • infringe
  • ingress
  • introduction
  • intrude
  • invade
  • key
  • open arms
  • open door
  • pang
  • paroxysm
  • passage
  • passport
  • path
  • penetrate
  • permission
  • pierce
  • prostration
  • qualification
  • recurrence
  • relapse
  • road
  • route
  • seizure
  • set foot in
  • siege
  • spasm
  • spell
  • step into
  • throe
  • ticket
  • trespass
  • turn
  • way
  • welcome mat

Antonyms for access

  • arrest
  • conclusion
  • depart
  • discharge
  • dismissal
  • egress
  • ejection
  • exit
  • expulsion
  • leave
  • ouster
  • outlet
  • rejection
  • relief
  • remission
  • 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 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to access, such as: accession, admission, admittance, agitation, approach, approval, arrest.

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Related Words

accession

gate

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make it

  • abide
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  • accede to
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  • acclimate
  • accomplish
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  • acquire
  • acquire a livelihood
  • act
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  • administer
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  • advance
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  • aid
  • alight
  • ameliorate
  • answer
  • appear
  • approach
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  • assist
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  • augment
  • authorize
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  • be
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  • be accessible
  • be alive
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  • be capable of
  • be carnal
  • be common
  • be convenient
  • be current
  • be enriched
  • be equal to
  • be good
  • be good for
  • be handy
  • be just the ticket
  • be master of
  • be obtainable
  • be present
  • be prevalent
  • be proficient
  • be ready
  • be skillful
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  • bear
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  • bed
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  • bring home the bacon
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  • catch
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  • cause
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  • do one proud
  • do the job
  • do the trick
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  • domineer
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  • generate
  • get
  • get a handle on
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  • give rise to
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  • happen
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  • hit the jackpot
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  • hit town
  • implement
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  • inhere
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  • invoke
  • just make it
  • keep
  • kick
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  • make
  • make a fortune
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  • make a killing
  • make an appearance
  • make ends meet
  • make go of it
  • make good
  • make hay
  • make love
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  • make money
  • make out
  • make the cut
  • make the grade
  • make the scene
  • make waves
  • manage
  • master
  • mate
  • materialize
  • may
  • measure up
  • meet
  • meet with approval
  • move
  • move out
  • move toward
  • multiply
  • nail it
  • near
  • obey
  • observe
  • obtain
  • occur
  • originate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outrival
  • outshine
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  • outwit
  • overcome
  • overrule
  • oversee
  • overtake
  • pass
  • pass inspection
  • pass muster
  • pay
  • pay off
  • percolate
  • perfect
  • perform
  • permit
  • persist
  • pit oneself against
  • play
  • please
  • polish off
  • pop in
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  • possess
  • predominate
  • preponderate
  • prevail
  • procure
  • produce
  • profit
  • progress
  • promote
  • prosecute
  • prosper
  • prove
  • prove acceptable
  • pull in
  • pull it off
  • pull off
  • pull through
  • punch in
  • punch the clock
  • put across
  • put into effect
  • put it over
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  • put through
  • rack up
  • reach
  • reach the top
  • ready
  • realize
  • reap
  • receive
  • recommend itself
  • recover
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  • relieve
  • remain
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  • render
  • report
  • reside
  • resist
  • retrieve
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  • ring in
  • rise
  • rise above
  • rise to occasion
  • roll in
  • sail through
  • sanction
  • satisfy
  • satisfy requirements
  • score
  • scrape by
  • season
  • secure
  • see to
  • sell
  • serve
  • sew up
  • shine
  • show
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  • show up
  • sign in
  • sit in on
  • sky in
  • sleep together
  • sleep with
  • snag
  • spring in
  • stand
  • stand the test
  • stand up
  • stay alive
  • stick it out
  • stick with it
  • strike it rich
  • struggle
  • struggle through
  • subsist
  • succeed
  • succor
  • suffer
  • suffice
  • suit
  • support
  • surmount
  • survive
  • sustain
  • take
  • take care of
  • take care of business
  • take off
  • take place
  • take precedence
  • tangle
  • thrive
  • time in
  • top
  • toughen
  • train
  • transact
  • transcend
  • treat
  • triumph
  • turn out
  • turn out well
  • turn the trick
  • turn up
  • tussle
  • unburden
  • unite
  • unzip
  • use
  • vanquish
  • visit
  • wax
  • weather
  • win
  • wind up at
  • withstand
  • work
  • work for
  • worst
  • wrestle
  • yield

make use of

  • abuse
  • accept
  • access
  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • add to payroll
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • annex
  • apply
  • appoint
  • attain
  • authorize
  • avail oneself of
  • beg borrow or steal
  • benefit by
  • bleed
  • book
  • brandish
  • bring in
  • bring into play
  • bring on board
  • bring to bear
  • cannibalize
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  • capture
  • carry
  • cash in on
  • chalk up
  • charter
  • collect
  • come by
  • command
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • comprise
  • conduct
  • contain
  • contract for
  • cop
  • corral
  • cover
  • deal with
  • delegate
  • devote
  • direct
  • draft
  • drum up
  • earn
  • effect
  • embody
  • employ
  • empower
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • engage
  • enlist
  • espouse
  • exercise
  • exert
  • exploit
  • extract
  • fall back on
  • fetch
  • fill a position
  • find help
  • finesse
  • fleece
  • flourish
  • frequent
  • gain
  • gather
  • get at
  • get hold of
  • get into
  • get mileage out of
  • give a break
  • give job to
  • give work
  • glean
  • go
  • go in for
  • go to
  • gobble up
  • grab
  • handle
  • harness
  • haunt
  • have
  • have recourse to
  • head for
  • hoard
  • hold
  • impose upon
  • incorporate
  • inherit
  • ink
  • invade
  • involve
  • jockey
  • lay up
  • lease
  • let
  • look to
  • maintain
  • make capital of
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • milk
  • mine
  • nab
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • operate
  • pick
  • pick up
  • place
  • play
  • play on
  • pledge
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  • pocket
  • possess
  • procure
  • profit by
  • profit from
  • promise
  • provide for
  • purchase
  • put on
  • put to use
  • put to work
  • reach
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  • reap
  • receive
  • recover
  • recur
  • recur to
  • recycle
  • refer to
  • rely on
  • rent
  • repair
  • require
  • retain
  • retrieve
  • reuse
  • run
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  • score
  • scrape together
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  • secure
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  • select
  • shake
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • skin
  • snag
  • soak
  • stick
  • sublease
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  • swing
  • take
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  • throw
  • truck with
  • try
  • turn
  • turn to
  • use
  • utilize
  • visit
  • wangle
  • wave
  • welcome
  • wield
  • win
  • work

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