| Main Entry: | up-and-coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, climbing, coming on strong, determined, eager, enterprising, get up and go, go-getter, high-reaching, hungry, promising, soaring, striving, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
Synonyms: |
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: | enterprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resourceful, energetic |
Synonyms: |
active, advancing, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, coming on strong, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead, go-go, gumptious, hard ball, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, itching, keen, lively, lusting, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, self-starting, snappy, spanking, spark plug, spirited, stirring, take-over, up-and-coming, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy |
Antonyms: |
inactive, passive, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unimaginative, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | go-ahead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, enterprising, entrepreneurial, go-getting, gumptious, pioneering, up-and-coming |
Antonyms: |
denied, vetoed |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, achievable, anticipated, assuring, attainable, believeable, conceivable, conjecturable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inclined, inferable, liable, odds-on, on the verge of, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, supposable, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming, verisimilar, workable |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
Antonyms: |
implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
Synonyms: |
accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | promising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful |
Synonyms: |
able, assuring, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, gifted, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, reassuring, rising, roseate, rosy, talented, up-and-coming |
Antonyms: |
hopeless, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | revolutionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, progressive |
Synonyms: |
advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, contemporary, cutting edge*, developing, forward-looking, innovative, just out, latest, left, modern, novel, open-minded, radical, state-of-the-art*, up-and-coming |