Synonyms of the word approaching


APPROACHINGAPPROACH - COMING - FORTHCOMING - FUTURE - MOTION - MOVE - MOVEMENT - TIMING - UPCOMING

approaching

  • adj. That approaches or approach.
  • adv. Nearly.
  • v. present participle of approach.
  • n. The act of coming closer; an approach.

approach

  • v. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
  • v. (transitive) To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
  • v. To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).
  • v. To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.
  • v. (transitive, military) To take approaches to.
  • v. To bring near; to cause to draw near.
  • n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  • n. An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
  • n. (in the plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.
  • n. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
  • n. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
  • n. (used only in the plural, fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers…
  • n. (golf, tennis) An approach shot.
  • n. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
  • n. (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

coming

  • v. present participle of come.
  • n. The act of arriving; an arrival.
  • adj. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
  • adj. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
  • adj. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

forthcoming

  • adj. (not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
  • adj. Available when needed.
  • adj. Considerate and affable; willing to cooperate.
  • adj. Candid, frank.
  • n. Something that is yet to come.

future

  • n. The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  • n. Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
  • n. Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
  • n. (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
  • n. (finance) A standardized, tradable agreement between two parties that one will sell and the other will…
  • n. (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
  • n. (sports) A minor-league prospect.
  • adj. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

motion

  • n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
  • n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
  • n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
  • n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
  • n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
  • n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
  • n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
  • n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
  • n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
  • n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
  • v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
  • v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
  • v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

  • n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
  • n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
  • n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
  • n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
  • n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
  • n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
  • n. An act of emptying the bowels.
  • n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

timing

  • n. (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine,…
  • n. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
  • n. (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  • n. (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
  • v. present participle of time.

upcoming

  • adj. Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.

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