accost

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To join side to side; to border.
3. (broadly, obsolete, transitive) To sail along the coast or side of.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To approach; to come up to.
5. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
7. (transitive) To assault.
8. (transitive) To solicit sexually.

Noun

1. (rare) Address; greeting.
2. An attack.

Synonyms

address

approach

solicit

greet

call

attack

👊

come up to

hook

🪝

question

❓

waylay

berth

besiege

bring up

appeal to

charge

collide with

salutatory address

commence

crash into

deal with

dock

appeal

greeting

👋

hail

harass

harry

hassle

hitch on

hold conversation with

hook on

land

molest

hold intercourse with

receive

rob

salutation

salute

ambush

speak

🗣️

speak to

start

tackle

talk

🗣️

turn to

alongside come

welcome

call out to

converse with

say hello

say hi

Translations

ansprechen

abordar

aanklampen

accoster

aanspreken

abordar

toespreken

interpeller

rivolgere la parola

accostare

appellare

aborder

dirigirse a

abbordare

anreden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ə.ˈkɔst/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: acostar

In summary

From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).