| abroach | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: broached |
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| approach | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
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| (noun) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | Synonyms: approach shot |
| (noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | Synonyms: attack, plan of attack |
| (noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: access |
| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
| (noun) a close approximation | - |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, feeler, overture |
| (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approaching |
| (noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | Synonyms: approach path, glide path, glide slope |
| (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
| (verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
| (verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
| (verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
| (verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
| approachability | (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: accessibility |
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| approachable | (adjective) easy to meet or converse or do business with | - |
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| (adjective) easily approached | Synonyms: reachable |
| (adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: accessible |
| approaching | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: coming, forthcoming, upcoming |
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| (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
| (noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
| (noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
| broach | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: breastpin, brooch |
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| (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
| broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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| coach | (noun) a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver | Synonyms: coach-and-four, four-in-hand |
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| (noun) a railcar where passengers ride | Synonyms: carriage, passenger car |
| (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
| (noun) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) | Synonyms: private instructor, tutor |
| (noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | Synonyms: handler, manager |
| (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
| coachbuilder | (noun) a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles | - |
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| coaching | (noun) the job of a professional coach | Synonyms: coaching job |
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| coachman | (noun) a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
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| coachwhip | (noun) a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip | Synonyms: coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum |
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| (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers | Synonyms: Fouquieria splendens, Jacob's staff, ocotillo, vine cactus |
| cockroach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: roach |
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| encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
| encroacher | (noun) someone who enters by force in order to conquer | Synonyms: invader |
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| encroaching | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: invasive, trespassing |
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| encroachment | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: intrusion, trespass, usurpation, violation |
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| (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: impact, impingement |
| (noun) any entry into an area not previously occupied | Synonyms: intrusion, invasion |
| irreproachable | (adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame | Synonyms: blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable |
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| irreproachably | (adverb) in an irreproachable and blameless manner | Synonyms: blamelessly |
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| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
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| motorcoach | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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| poach | (verb) cook in a simmering liquid | - |
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| (verb) hunt illegally | - |
| poached | (adjective) cooked in hot water | Synonyms: boiled, stewed |
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| poacher | (noun) small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters | Synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker |
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| (noun) a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) | - |
| (noun) someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another | - |
| poaching | (noun) cooking in simmering liquid | - |
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| reproach | (noun) a mild rebuke or criticism | - |
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| (noun) disgrace or shame | - |
| (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: upbraid |
| reproacher | (noun) someone who finds fault or imputes blame | Synonyms: rebuker, reprover, upbraider |
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| reproachful | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonishing, admonitory, reproving |
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| reproachfully | (adverb) in a reproving or reproachful manner | Synonyms: reprovingly |
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| roach | (noun) any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests | Synonyms: cockroach |
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| (noun) European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | Synonyms: Rutilus rutilus |
| (noun) the butt of a marijuana cigarette | - |
| (noun) street names for flunitrazepam | Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roofy, rope, rophy |
| (noun) a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead | - |
| (verb) cut the mane off (a horse) | - |
| (verb) comb (hair) into a roach | - |
| slowcoach | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud |
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| stagecoach | (noun) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | Synonyms: stage |
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| unapproachability | (noun) a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible | - |
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| unapproachable | (adjective) discouraging intimacies; reserved | - |
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| (adjective) inaccessibly located or situated | Synonyms: out of reach, unreachable, unreached |