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| 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: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrival |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, approach, landing, reception |
| Antonyms: | departure, exit, departing, going, leaving |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, become, burst, buzz*, check in*, drop in, enter, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, materialize, move, near, occur, originate, reach, show, show up, turn out, turn up, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, blow in*, bob up, breeze in, clock in, close in, draw near, fall by, fall in, hit town, make it, make the scene, move toward, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, sign in, sky in, spring in, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, develop, fall, occur, transpire, turn out, come to pass, hap, take place |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, reach |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amount, become, develop, expand, get, go, grow, join, mature, number, run, spread, stretch, total, turn, wax, add up, come over, run into, sum to |
| Main Entry: | advent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning or arrival of something anticipated |
| Synonyms: | appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation |
| Antonyms: | departure, end |
| Main Entry: | emergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resulting |
| Synonyms: | budding, coming, outgoing, rising, appearing, developing, efflorescent, emanant, emanating, issuing forth |
| Antonyms: | dependent, declining |
| Main Entry: | ensuing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | after, coming, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, posterior, subsequent, coming up, next off, postliminary, subsequential |
| Antonyms: | antecedent, preceding |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
| Synonyms: | afterward, attendant, back, coming, consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, later, latter, next, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, sequential, serial, specified, subsequent, successive, then, trailing, when, a while later, after a while, by and by, coming after, coming next, directly after, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later on, next off, on the scent, resulting, sequent, seriate, succeeding, supervenient |
| Antonyms: | first, leading, preceding |
| 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 |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| 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: | nearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching |
| Synonyms: | coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming, advancing, approximating |
| Antonyms: | gone, past, departing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, beside, close, coming, consequent, ensuing, following, later, meeting, neighboring, proximate, subsequent, touching, abutting, attached, back-to-back, closest, coterminous, hard by, nearest, on the side, side-by-side, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| 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: | 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: | unborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future |
| Synonyms: | coming, expected, incipient, prospective, awaited |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into sight |
| Synonyms: | advent, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, presence, presentation, representation, rise, actualization, appearing, materialization, showing up, turning up, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | absence, departure, disappearance, leaving |
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