'approximate' definitions:
Definition of 'approximate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, approximative, rough]
adjective
Very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate, near]
adjective
Located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn: approximate, close together(p)]
verb
Be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: approximate, come close]
verb
Synonyms of 'approximate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accost,
- advance,
- advancing,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquate,
- approximating,
- approximative,
- arm-in-arm,
- assimilate,
- attracted to,
- be around,
- be like,
- be near,
- be redolent of,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear resemblance,
- bear up,
- begin to,
- bring near,
- bring to mind,
- burning,
- call,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come close,
- come closer,
- come forward,
- come near,
- come on,
- come up,
- coming,
- comparable,
- compare with,
- confront,
- connaturalize,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- drawn to,
- encounter,
- estimated,
- evoke,
- favor,
- follow,
- forthcoming,
- gain upon,
- get warm,
- hand-in-hand,
- homologous,
- hot,
- imitate,
- imminent,
- imprecise,
- inaccurate,
- incorrect,
- inexact,
- intimate,
- judge,
- lax,
- like,
- look like,
- loose,
- match,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- much at one,
- much the same,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- near the mark,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- nearly reproduce,
- nearly the same,
- negligent,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- not tell apart,
- oncoming,
- out of line,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- out of true,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- place,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- put,
- quasi,
- reckon,
- relatable,
- relative,
- remind one of,
- resemble,
- rough,
- rude,
- same but different,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- side-by-side,
- sidle up to,
- similar,
- similarize,
- simulate,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- step up,
- suggest,
- take after,
- to come,
- unfactual,
- unprecise,
- unrigorous,
- upcoming,
- verge on,
- vicinal,
- warm