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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
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
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
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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