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Broader term 7

Accost 76% connected

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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React 76% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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Respond 76% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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Manner of action 11

Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Bob 76% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

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Compliment 76% connected

An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curtsy 76% connected

Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

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Hail 76% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

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Herald 76% connected

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Salute 76% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Welcome 76% connected

Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

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Wish 76% connected

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

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Derivationally related 4

Greeter 74% connected

One who greets or salutes another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Greeter 74% connected

One who greets or salutes another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Recognize 92% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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