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Synonyms for tackle

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

equipment rigging gear rig

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Equipment — equipment, gear, gadgetry

equipment, rigging, gear, rig, furniture, apparatus

Other

attack, check, pulley, wedding tackle informal

Verb

1. Undertake

undertake, take on, bite off

Other

harness, confront

Antonyms

evade

All antonyms of tackle →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Equipment, gear, gadgetry.

  2. v. 1

    To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.

Related words

Phrases
nose tackle wedding tackle block and tackle dump tackle ground tackle slide tackle sliding tackle spear tackle

Forms

Plural
tackles → equipments, riggings, gears, rigs…
Past participle
tackled
e.g. tackled → undertaken, harnessed, confronted…

Example sentences

  • gear We had to gear our lives to the new circumstances.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tacklerising
gearfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
rig1
4 letters
gear1
5 letters
check1
6 letters
attack2, pulley2
7 letters
harness2, rigging2
8 letters
confront2
9 letters
equipment3, furniture3, apparatus4, undertake3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack2 = 2 syllables).