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nearing

Main Entry:
nearing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: approaching
Synonyms: advancing, approximating, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming
Antonyms: departing, gone, leaving, past
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: 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: 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
Main Entry: impending
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: forthcoming
Synonyms: approaching, at hand, brewing, coming, gathering, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, imminent, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, proximate, see it coming, threatening, waiting to
Antonyms: distant, later, never, remote
Main Entry: oncoming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: impending
Synonyms: advancing, approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, onrushing, upcoming
Antonyms: past, preceding
Main Entry: toward/towards
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: on the way to; near
Synonyms: against, almost, approaching, close to, coming up, contra, en route, facing, for, fronting, headed for, in relation to, in the direction of, in the vicinity, just before, moving, nearing, nearly, not quite, on the road to, over against, pointing to, proceeding, shortly before, to, via, vis-à-vis
Main Entry: upcoming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happening soon
Synonyms: approaching, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, looming, nearing, next
Main Entry: imminence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: approach
Synonyms: access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, convergence, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, nearness, passage, path, reaching, road, way
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