| 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 |
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bygone, distant, gone, past |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
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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: | communicative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informative |
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candid, chatty, communicable, conversable, conversational, demonstrative, effusive, enlightening, expansive, forthcoming, frank, garrulous, gushing, loquacious, open, outgoing, talkative, unreserved, voluble |
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close-mouthed, reserved, reticent, unfriendly, uninformative, unsociable |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
Synonyms: |
at hand, brewing, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over, impending, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces |
Antonyms: |
avoidable, unscheduled |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
Synonyms: |
approaching, booked, budgeted, close at hand, coming, coming up, destined, down the line, down the pike, down the road, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, imminent, impending, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, inevitable, just around the corner, later, likely, looked toward, near, next, planned, prospective, scheduled, subsequent, to be, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, unfolding, up |
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past |
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
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discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, approaching, brewing, close, coming, expectant, fast-approaching, following, forthcoming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, immediate, impending, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, possible, probable, see it coming, threatening, to come, unavoidable, unescapable |
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distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | informative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
advisory, chatty, communicative, descriptive, edifying, educative, elucidative, enlightening, explanatory, forthcoming, gossipy, illuminating, informational, instructional, instructive, newsy, revealing, revelatory, significant |
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unilluminating, unimportant, uninformative, useless |
| Main Entry: | nearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching |
Synonyms: |
advancing, approximating, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming |
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departing, gone, leaving, past |
| Main Entry: | oncoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impending |
Synonyms: |
advancing, approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, onrushing, upcoming |
Antonyms: |
past, preceding |