Home › Words › A › addressaladdressaladdressal means the act of addressing (in various senses).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, addressal ranks #27,093 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom address + -al.nounThe act of addressing (in various senses).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.addressment 88% match — The act of addressing; the act of directing one's attention, speech, or effort toward a particular point, person, or object. vs addressal →addression 83% match — The act of addressing or directing one's course. vs addressal →addressedness 77% match — The state or quality of being addressed. vs addressal →addressive 76% match — Tending to address; directed towards the attention of another. vs addressal →addressation 72% match — The identification, by an addresse, of an address of an assertion intended by a speaker vs addressal →addressably 70% match — In an addressable manner. vs addressal →addresser 70% match — A person who gives an address or speech. vs addressal →addressing 69% match — A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail vs addressal →