| Main Entry: | nearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching |
Synonyms: |
advancing, approximating, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming |
Antonyms: |
departing, gone, leaving, past |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way |
Antonyms: |
departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
Synonyms: |
advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
Antonyms: |
depart, distance, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
Synonyms: |
approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Main Entry: | bear down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | close in on |
Synonyms: |
advance on, approach, converge on, near, press, weigh down |
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on |
Antonyms: |
not touch |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
Synonyms: |
appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, become, blow in, bob up, breeze in, burst, buzz*, check in, clock in, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town, make it, make the scene, materialize, move, move toward, near, occur, originate, pop in, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, reach, ring in, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, spring in, turn out, turn up, wind up at |
Antonyms: |
depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
Synonyms: |
accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, awaited, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap, oncoming, open, pending, predestined, prospective, ready, resulting, upcoming |
Antonyms: |
bygone, distant, gone, past |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
Synonyms: |
abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
stay, stop |