approaching

Main Entry:
approaching
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nearing
Synonyms: advancing, at hand, coming, convergent, drawing near, imminent, impending, moving closer
Antonyms: passing, receding, remote
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make request, suggestion
Synonyms: accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin
Synonyms: commence, embark, set about, start, undertake
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Motion towards] Approach.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-nouns
approach, approximation, appropinquation; access; appulse; afflux, affluxion; advent (approach of time); pursuit.
-verbs
approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.
-adjectives
approaching; approximative; affluent; impending, imminent (destined [more]).
-adverbs
on the road.
Antonyms: recession (Motion from)]
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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: comparative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: approximate, close to
Synonyms: allusive, analogous, approaching, by comparison, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, contrastive, correlative, corresponding, equivalent, in proportion, like, matching, metaphorical, near, not absolute, not positive, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, rivaling, similar, 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, 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
Antonyms: bygone, distant, gone, past
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
Antonyms: past
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
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
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