Synonyms and related words :
accost, advance, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, center, centralize, close, close in, close up, close with, come, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come together, come up, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, confront, converge, draw near, draw nigh, encounter, fall in with, funnel, gain upon, intersect, meet, near, nip, pinch, proximate, run together, sidle up to, step up, taper, unite