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| Main Entry: | at hand |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | within reach |
| Synonyms: | accessible, close, imminent, impending, nearby |
| Antonyms: | far |
| Main Entry: | attainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within reach; achievable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, at hand, available, duck soup*, easy, feasible, likely, obtainable, piece of cake*, possible, potential, practicable, probable, procurable, reachable, accomplishable, cherry pie, gettable, no problem, no sweat, realizable, securable |
| Antonyms: | unachieveable, unattainable, unreachable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | available |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready for use |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, at hand, at one's disposal, attainable, come-at-able, convenient, derivable from, feasible, free, getatable, handy, obtainable, on deck, on hand, on tap*, open to, possible, prepared, procurable, purchasable, reachable, ready willing and able, realizable, securable, serviceable, up for grabs, usable, vacant |
| Antonyms: | unavailable, unhandy, unobtainable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | by |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | aside, at hand, away, beyond, close, handy, over, past, through, in reach, to one side |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| 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: | 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: | obtainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | achievable, available |
| Synonyms: | at hand, attainable, derivable, duck soup*, on tap*, piece of cake*, procurable, pushover, ready, gettable, in stock, no problem, no sweat, on deck, on offer, purchasable, realizable, securable, there for the taking, to be had |
| Antonyms: | unavailable, unachievable, unobtainable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on call |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready to work |
| Synonyms: | accessible, at hand, at one's beck and call, at one's disposal, at one's fingertip, available, handy, night call, on alert, on deck, on the spot, on-call, prepared, standing by, within reach |
| Main Entry: | threatening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | menacing, ominous |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, close, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impending, inauspicious, looming, lowering, near, portentous, sinister, ugly, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning, cautionary, comminatory, impendent, intimidatory, loury, lowery, minacious, minatory, overhanging, portending, scowling, terrorizing |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | usable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | available, working |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adaptable, advantageous, applicable, at hand, beneficial, convenient, current, exhaustible, expendable, fit, functional, good, helpful, instrumental, open, operative, practicable, practical, profitable, ready, running, serviceable, subservient, unused, useful, valid, valuable, at disposal, consumable, employable, exploitable, in order, utile, utilizable, wieldy |
| Notes: | usable or useable means that something can be used; useful means that something is helpful or beneficial and can be used to advantage |
| Antonyms: | useless, unusable |
| 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: | on tap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready to be used |
| Synonyms: | accessible, at hand, at one's fingertips, available, convenient, handy, on deck, ready, ready to be drawn |
| Main Entry: | nigh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, close, imminent, nearby |
| 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: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
| Synonyms: | at hand, certain, closed, coming, compulsory, directed, doomed, forthcoming, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, menacing, near, ordained, predetermined, que sera sera*, sealed, settled, stated, threatening, unavoidable, brewing, compelled, condemned, designed, foreordained, hanging over, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, meant, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, that is to be, that will be, to come, way the ball bounces |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, unscheduled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adjacent, at hand, available, close, convenient, near, ready, close by, close-at-hand, near-at-hand, on hand, within reach |
| Antonyms: | faraway, inconveniently, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prepared; available |
| Synonyms: | accessible, apt, at hand, completed, convenient, covered, equipped, expectant, fit, handy, near, on call, on tap*, on the brink*, organized, primed, qualified, ripe, set, wired*, adjusted, all set, all systems go, anticipating, arranged, at beck and call, at fingertips, at the ready, champing at bit, close to hand, equal to, fixed for, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle, on hand, open to, waiting |
| Antonyms: | immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unripe, unsuitable, unready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adjacent, adjoining, all around, at elbows, at fingertips, at hand, available, central, close, close at hand, close-by, contiguous, easy to reach, handy, immediate, in neighborhood, next, next door, nigh, on deck, on tap*, under one's nose, within reach |
| Antonyms: | distant, far, inconvenient, out-of-the-way, unavailable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close in time; forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, approximate, at hand, coming, comparative, expected, imminent, impending, looming, next, relative, in the offing, near-at-hand |
| Antonyms: | deferred, distant, far, postponed, remote, expired |
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