access — OAT · Shobdo

access

noun

1 the building has a side access:

entrance, entry, way in, means of entry, ingress;

approach, means of approach.

2 they were denied access to the stadium:

admission, admittance, entry, entrée, ingress, right of entry, permission to enter, the opportunity to enter.

3 students have access to a photocopier:

(the) use of, the opportunity to use, permission to use.

4 an access of rage:

fit, attack, bout, outpouring, eruption, explosion, outburst, burst, outbreak, flare-up, blowup, blaze, spasm, paroxysm, seizure, rush;

gale, flood, storm, hurricane, torrent, surge, upsurge;

spurt, effusion, outflow, outflowing, welling up;

informal splurt;

rare ebullition, boutade.

verb

the program that is used to access the data:

retrieve, gain, gain access to, acquire, obtain;

read, examine.