tackle | Definition of tackle

tackle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tackle

to start work on energetically

once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom

Synonyms of tackle

attack, dive (into), wade (in or into)

Words Related to tackle

address, approach, face

buckle (down to), concentrate (on), focus (on), knuckle down (to), zero (in on)

fall (to), pitch in, plunge (in), settle (down)

pursue, take up, undertake

Phrases Synonymous with tackle

go at, have at, light into, pitch into, sail into, tear into

Near Antonyms of tackle

avoid, evade, shun

dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool, idle, lag, mess, monkey (around), play, poke, potter (around), putter (around), trifle