Accost

Verb

 * 1)  To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
 * 2)  To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.
 * 3)  To approach; to make up to
 * 4)  To speak to first; to address; to greet.
 * 5)  To adjoin; to lie alongside

Noun

 * 1)  Address; greeting.

Adverbs for Accost
cordially; genially; jovially; graciously; familiarly; rudely; roughly; heartily; acrimoniously; bitterly; bluffly; drunkenly; blithely; gleefully; mirthfully; vivaciously; exultantly; ecstatically; conceitedly; cheerily.

Synonyms for Accost
salute, assail, greet, speak to, address, approach, solicit, recognize.

Antonyms for Accost
shun, avoid, ignore, scorn, evade.

Thesaurus
address; advance; apostrophize; appeal to; approach; appropinquate; approximate; bear down on; bear down upon; bear up; bespeak; bid good day; bid good morning; bow to; buttonhole; call to; close; close in; close with; come; come closer; come forward; come near; come on; come up; confront; curtsy; draw near; draw nigh; encounter; exchange greetings; gain upon; greet; hail; halloo; invoke; kiss; kiss hands; lift the hat; narrow the gap; near; nod to; proximate; pull the forelock; salute; say hello; shake; shake hands; sidle up to; speak; speak fair; speak to; step up; take aside; talk to; touch the hat; uncover

Etymology
French accoster, Late Latin accostare to bring side by side; Latin ad + costa rib, side. See coast, and compare accoast.

Anagrams

 * coacts

Derived terms

 * accostment