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approaching - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | approaching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearing |
| Synonyms: | at hand, coming, convergent, imminent, impending, advancing, drawing near, moving closer |
| Antonyms: | passing, remote, receding |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, bear, border, buzz*, come, come at, contact, converge, equal, match, meet, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, be comparable to, be like, belly up to, catch up, close in, come close, compare with, correspond to, creep up, draw near, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, move in on, move toward, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, leave, go away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make request, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, advise, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, greet, implore, plead, propose, supplicate, tumble, appeal to, apply to, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, make advance, make overture, make up to, sound out, speak to, take aside, talk to, thumb |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | commence, embark, start, undertake, set about |
| Main Entry: | comparative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate, close to |
| Synonyms: | analogous, approaching, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, corresponding, equivalent, like, matching, metaphorical, near, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, similar, allusive, by comparison, contrastive, correlative, in proportion, not absolute, not positive, rivaling, vying, with reservation |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap*, oncoming, open, pending, prospective, ready, upcoming, awaited, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, predestined, resulting |
| Antonyms: | bygone, distant, gone, past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
| Synonyms: | approaching, booked, coming, destined, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, imminent, impending, inevitable, later, likely, near, next, planned, prospective, subsequent, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, up, budgeted, close at hand, coming up, down the line, down the pike, down the road, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, just around the corner, looked toward, scheduled, to be, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | impending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, coming, gathering, imminent, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, proximate, threatening, brewing, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, see it coming, waiting to |
| Antonyms: | distant, later, never, remote |
| Main Entry: | menacing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimidating, ominous |
| Synonyms: | alarming, approaching, dangerous, frightening, imminent, impending, looming, lowering, threatening, intimidatory, louring, minacious, minatory, overhanging |
| Antonyms: | assisting, helping, aiding, unthreatening |
| Main Entry: | nearly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | almost |
| Synonyms: | about, approaching, approximately, circa*, closely, in effect, just about, more or less, most, much, practically, roughly, round, roundly, some, somewhere, virtually, all but, as good as, close but no cigar, give or take a little, in essence, in substance, in the ballpark, in the neighborhood, nearabout, not quite, pretty near, upwards of, well-nigh, within a little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in contact; ahead of |
| Synonyms: | about, above, adjacent, against, approaching, at, beside, covering, forth, forward, held, near, next, onward, over, supported, touching, toward, upon, with, close to, leaning on, on top of, resting on, situated on |
| Antonyms: | off |
| Main Entry: | oncoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impending |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, upcoming, advancing, onrushing |
| Antonyms: | past, preceding |
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | extending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reaching |
| Synonyms: | approaching, continual, continuing, continuous, endless, perpetual, ranging, spreading, going on, lengthening, spanning, stretching |
| Main Entry: | looming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | approaching, imminent, impending, appearing, emerging |
| Main Entry: | nigh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, close, imminent, nearby |
| Main Entry: | soliciting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solicitation |
| Synonyms: | approaching, asking, inviting, requesting, seeking, canvassing, petitioning |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
| Synonyms: | abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | incoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arriving |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, coming in, entering |
| Antonyms: | outgoing |
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