Synonyms for access
ˈæk sɛsac·cess

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.1 / 10 votes

1. access

   Entrance, the act of entering, refers merely to the fact of passing from without to within some enclosure; admission and admittance refer to entering by or with some one's consent, or at least to opportunity afforded by some one's act or neglect. We may effect or force an entrance, but not admittance or admission; those we gain, procure, obtain, secure, win. Admittance refers to place, admission refers also to position, privilege, favor, friendship, etc. An intruder may gain admittance to the hall of a society who would not be allowed admission to its membership. Approach is a movement toward another; access is coming all the way to his presence, recognition, and consideration. An unworthy favorite may prevent even those who gain admittance to a king's audience from obtaining any real access to the king. Entrance is also used figuratively for setting out upon some career, or becoming a member of some organization; as, we speak of one's entrance upon college life, or of entrance into the ministry.

   Synonyms:
   accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

   Antonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, rejection, withdrawal

   Preposition:
   Entrance into a place; on or upon a work or course of action; into or upon office; into battle; by or through the door; within the gates; into or among the company.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 6 votes

1. access

   Synonyms:
   approach, admit, course entrance, avenue, admittance, mode, way, passage, road

   Antonyms:
   exit, egress, departure, exclusion, repulse

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entree, access, accession, admission, admittancenoun

   the right to enter

   Synonyms:
   main course, entrance, entryway, admission price, admission charge, access code, entrance fee, memory access, admission fee, approach, rise to power, entrance money, entranceway, admission, accession, entree, assenting, price of admission, entry, admittance, addition

2. accessnoun

   the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

   Synonyms:
   approach, admittance, access code, memory access, admission, accession, entree

3. access, approachnoun

   a way of entering or leaving

   "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

   Synonyms:
   coming, feeler, approaching, approach shot, advance, access code, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, accession, entree, attack, overture, admission, memory access, plan of attack, admittance

4. access, access codenoun

   a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)

   Synonyms:
   approach, admission, memory access, entree, admittance, access code, accession

5. access, memory accessnoun

   (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

   Synonyms:
   approach, admission, memory access, entree, admittance, access code, accession

6. accessverb

   the act of approaching or entering

   "he gained access to the building"

   Synonyms:
   approach, admittance, access code, memory access, admission, accession, entree

7. accessverb

   obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

   Synonyms:
   get at

8. access, get atverb

   reach or gain access to

   "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"

   Synonyms:
   annoy, devil, rile, get to, rag, gravel, nettle, irritate, bother, nark, vex, chafe, get at

Matched Categories

1. • Code
   • Computer Science
   • Retrieve
   • Right
   • Way

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. admittance

   to approach or enter

   the access to the house is on the other side

   Submitted by lavanyamurugiah on January 7, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. accessnoun

   Synonyms:
   avenue, approach, passage, way, passage-way, way of approach

2. accessnoun

   Synonyms:
   admission, admittance, means of approach, liberty to approach

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "access":

   accessibility, accessing, accessible, 'accès, accessed, acceso, accès, entry, availability, available, navigate, accede, approach, taking-up, obtain, admission, enter, accesses

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1. William LeoGrande:

   Historically, Cuba has had probably the worst Internet access in the hemisphere. Clearly, the Cuban government has decided that broad Internet access is essential to a 21st century economy. The Internet cafes and now this Wi-Fi network show that the government is serious about expanding Internet access.

2. Ahmadou Tidjane Moussa Naibi:

   We're deprived of everything. We don't have access to the hospital. We don't have access to education. We don't even have access to our cemeteries.

3. Steven B. Beach, Paraglider magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2:

   Since the dawn of time there have been those among us who have been willing to go to extraordinary lengths to gain access to that domain normally reserved for birds, angels, and madmen.

4. Alberto Gonzales:

   Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is for your own good that it is hidden.

5. Steven Keating:

   The patient has the least access to the data, but has to make the most medical decisions. It was my decision to do surgery or radiation or chemo, what type of chemo, it’s all in the patient’s hands. Usually they just follow what the doctor says, but they don’t have that same access to the data that the doctors do, patients don’t have access to their data legally, they only have access to their designated record, and if it’s not included in there they don’t see it.