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Synonyms for Nearing:
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adj.
• approaching • coming- almost on one ,
- almost one ,
- de serving ,
- de-serving ,
- fore seen ,
- fore-seen ,
- gaining up on ,
- in offing ,
- in wind ,
- more advancing ,
- more converging ,
- more docking ,
- more predestined ,
- more preparing ,
- more progressing ,
- most advancing ,
- most converging ,
- most docking ,
- most predestined ,
- most preparing ,
- most progressing ,
- pre destined ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-destined ,
- pre-paring ,
- sub sequent ,
- sub-sequent ,
- up and coming .
- in cards ,
- in escapable ,
- in evitable ,
- in-escapable ,
- in-evitable ,
- more awaited ,
- more resulting ,
- most awaited ,
- most resulting .
- fast approaching ,
- fastapproaching ,
- in air ,
- more brewing ,
- more fast approaching ,
- more fast-approaching ,
- more fastapproaching ,
- more gathering ,
- more handwriting on the wall ,
- more handwriting-on-the-wall ,
- more inevasible ,
- more overhanging ,
- more unescapable ,
- most brewing ,
- most fast approaching ,
- most fast-approaching ,
- most fastapproaching ,
- most gathering ,
- most handwriting on the wall ,
- most handwriting-on-the-wall ,
- most inevasible ,
- most overhanging ,
- most unescapable ,
- on horizon ,
- on verge ,
- over-hanging ,
- un avoidable ,
- un escapable ,
- un-avoidable ,
- un-escapable .
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n.
• approach -
v.
• approaching Other synonyms:
- imminent ,
- threatening .
- approach .
Other relevant words:
- access code ,
- accounting entry ,
- acquaintanceship ,
- adam ,
- addition ,
- adjacent ,
- admission charge ,
- admission fee ,
- admission price ,
- admittance ,
- adumbrate ,
- advanced ,
- advancement ,
- affair ,
- affaire ,
- aforethought ,
- after ,
- afterlife ,
- afterward ,
- afterwards ,
- agency ,
- airless ,
- alike ,
- amour ,
- appearing ,
- appointed ,
- approach path ,
- approach shot ,
- ardent ,
- area ,
- arriver ,
- ascension ,
- ascent ,
- assemblage ,
- assembly ,
- assenting ,
- association ,
- astir ,
- attack ,
- baleful ,
- bearing ,
- become ,
- beforehand ,
- belong ,
- betterment ,
- black ,
- blend ,
- blend in ,
- blink of an eye ,
- blistering ,
- blood kinship ,
- boost ,
- border on ,
- bound ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- bring forward ,
- bringing close together ,
- broadly ,
- broadly speaking ,
- burn ,
- burning at the stake ,
- buy the farm ,
- by and by ,
- by and large ,
- calamitous ,
- care ,
- caressing ,
- cash advance ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- cheeseparing ,
- chemical attraction ,
- choke ,
- clamant ,
- climax ,
- climb ,
- climbing ,
- close down ,
- close together ,
- close up ,
- close-fitting ,
- closedown ,
- closelipped ,
- closely ,
- closemouthed ,
- closing curtain ,
- closure ,
- cognation ,
- combustion ,
- come along ,
- come close ,
- come near ,
- come on ,
- come together ,
- comer ,
- coming into court ,
- commencement ,
- companionship ,
- company ,
- comparable ,
- completion ,
- comportment ,
- compulsive ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- confidant ,
- confining ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- connectedness ,
- connecter ,
- connective ,
- connector ,
- connexion ,
- constricting ,
- constrictive ,
- contiguous ,
- contiguousness ,
- convergence ,
- convergency ,
- conversance ,
- conversancy ,
- corresponding ,
- cozy ,
- crack ,
- craved ,
- cristal ,
- croak ,
- crying ,
- culmination ,
- dear ,
- debut ,
- decease ,
- decreed ,
- depart ,
- dictated ,
- die ,
- direction ,
- directional ,
- directive ,
- disastrous ,
- disco biscuit ,
- dockage ,
- dominion ,
- doomed ,
- draw close ,
- draw near ,
- driven ,
- drop dead ,
- ecstasy ,
- elbow room ,
- electric potential ,
- electrocution ,
- elevate ,
- emerging ,
- encourage ,
- end ,
- ending ,
- endure ,
- energetic ,
- entering ,
- entrance ,
- entrance fee ,
- entrance money ,
- entranceway ,
- entree ,
- entryway ,
- environment ,
- estimate ,
- estimation ,
- exigent ,
- exit ,
- expire ,
- extend ,
- extroverted ,
- fail ,
- faithful ,
- family relationship ,
- fashion ,
- fastidious ,
- fateful ,
- feeler ,
- fill up ,
- finale ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- first ,
- first appearance ,
- fit ,
- flash ,
- fling ,
- fold ,
- fondling ,
- forbidding ,
- forthcomingness ,
- forward ,
- forward motion ,
- forward-moving ,
- friend ,
- front ,
- function ,
- further ,
- future tense ,
- futurist ,
- futurity ,
- gain ,
- gain ground ,
- gather ,
- gauge ,
- get ,
- get ahead ,
- get along ,
- get at ,
- get going ,
- get on ,
- get-go ,
- give out ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- glide path ,
- glide slope ,
- go about ,
- go away ,
- go bad ,
- go game ,
- go on ,
- go up ,
- good ,
- guess ,
- guiding ,
- gumptious ,
- hard ,
- heartbeat ,
- heavy ,
- hereinafter ,
- hereunder ,
- hold out ,
- hold up ,
- holocene ,
- hug drug ,
- hugging ,
- idea ,
- ilk ,
- immediate apprehension ,
- immediateness ,
- imminency ,
- imminentness ,
- impendence ,
- impendency ,
- improvement ,
- in advance ,
- in everyone's thoughts ,
- in general ,
- in the main ,
- inchoate ,
- incoming ,
- industrious ,
- informal ,
- ingress ,
- inner ,
- insinuate ,
- insistent ,
- inst ,
- instancy ,
- instantaneous ,
- instantaneousness ,
- insurrection ,
- internal ,
- intimately ,
- introduction ,
- involvement ,
- jiffy ,
- joining ,
- judge ,
- just ,
- jutting ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kick upstairs ,
- kickoff ,
- kissing ,
- knowledgeable ,
- last ,
- late ,
- later on ,
- launching ,
- law of proximity ,
- lead ,
- ledger entry ,
- letting down ,
- liaison ,
- likely ,
- link ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- locality ,
- locomote ,
- looking ,
- loosely ,
- make headway ,
- manner ,
- march on ,
- meanness ,
- means ,
- memory access ,
- mien ,
- minacious ,
- minatory ,
- minginess ,
- minute ,
- mode ,
- moment ,
- moorage ,
- mop up ,
- more often than not ,
- more or less ,
- more than ,
- most ,
- mostly ,
- move ,
- move on ,
- much ,
- neck of the woods ,
- necking ,
- new york minute ,
- next ,
- niggardliness ,
- offer ,
- offset ,
- ominous ,
- onrush ,
- onslaught ,
- onward motion ,
- operate ,
- or so ,
- orgasm ,
- origin ,
- outgoing ,
- outset ,
- overture ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- parsimony ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass on ,
- path ,
- penny-pinching ,
- perish ,
- petting ,
- phylogenetic relation ,
- plan of attack ,
- plump ,
- pop off ,
- possible ,
- posterior ,
- potency ,
- potential difference ,
- potential drop ,
- potentiality ,
- preparation ,
- prescribed ,
- price of admission ,
- private ,
- proceed ,
- procession ,
- progress ,
- progression ,
- projecting ,
- promote ,
- prompt ,
- protruding ,
- pull ahead ,
- quick ,
- raging ,
- raise ,
- reaching ,
- ready and waiting ,
- realm ,
- rebellion ,
- recent epoch ,
- red-hot ,
- relationship ,
- relieved ,
- revolt ,
- rifle ,
- right smart ,
- rise ,
- rise to power ,
- rising ,
- room ,
- root ,
- rootage ,
- rough ,
- round ,
- run ,
- run low ,
- run short ,
- same ,
- scarce ,
- second ,
- second advent ,
- second coming ,
- secretive ,
- secretiveness ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set ahead ,
- sexual ,
- sexual climax ,
- shape up ,
- show ,
- showtime ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- shutdown ,
- shutting ,
- similar ,
- sinister ,
- skinny ,
- smooching ,
- snuff it ,
- snug ,
- society ,
- some ,
- sound ,
- source ,
- spell ,
- spicy ,
- split second ,
- start ,
- starting time ,
- stern ,
- sticking ,
- sticking out ,
- stopping point ,
- straightaway ,
- strict ,
- strong ,
- stuffiness ,
- stuffy ,
- style ,
- submission ,
- subsequently ,
- succeeding ,
- suggest ,
- suggestion ,
- sullen ,
- supercharge ,
- surround ,
- surroundings ,
- survive ,
- tapered ,
- tapering ,
- territorial dominion ,
- territory ,
- the like ,
- the likes of ,
- throw out ,
- tight ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tightlipped ,
- tightness ,
- time to come ,
- to a greater extent ,
- to a lesser extent ,
- tour ,
- travel ,
- trice ,
- turn ,
- twinkling ,
- tying up ,
- ulterior ,
- unaired ,
- unveiling ,
- upgrade ,
- versed ,
- visual aspect ,
- voltage ,
- wait ,
- warm up ,
- warmly ,
- way of life ,
- well-nigh ,
- whirl ,
- win ,
- windup ,
- wink ,
- wish ,
- work ,
- zone ,
- Afflux ,
- Affluxion ,
- Appropinquation ,
- Approximating ,
- Appulse ,
- Attracted ,
- Compacting ,
- Destinal ,
- Familiarity ,
- Fining ,
- Fulling ,
- Impendent ,
- Intimating ,
- Lifting ,
- Nuzzling ,
- Preparing ,
- Presenting ,
- Progressing ,
- Prophesied ,
- Righting ,
- Securing ,
- Toward ,
- Towards ,
- Whiling ,
- about ,
- about to be ,
- about to happen ,
- access ,
- accession ,
- acquaintance ,
- adjacency ,
- admission ,
- advance ,
- advent ,
- affinity ,
- all but ,
- almost ,
- already in sight ,
- anticipated ,
- appearance ,
- approximate ,
- approximately ,
- approximation ,
- approximative ,
- arm-in-arm ,
- around ,
- arrival ,
- arriving ,
- as good as ,
- ascending ,
- at hand ,
- attracted to ,
- awaited ,
- barely ,
- beginning ,
- bordering on ,
- brewing ,
- burning ,
- close ,
- close at hand ,
- close to ,
- closeness ,
- coming near ,
- connection ,
- consanguinity ,
- contiguity ,
- crowding ,
- cuddling ,
- dearing ,
- desired ,
- destined ,
- determined ,
- directing ,
- district ,
- docking ,
- emergent ,
- entry ,
- environs ,
- eventual ,
- exacting ,
- expected ,
- extrapolated ,
- fatal ,
- fated ,
- fatidic ,
- fellowship ,
- forthcoming ,
- future ,
- futuristic ,
- gathering ,
- generally ,
- go ,
- going on ,
- gooding ,
- hand in hand ,
- harding ,
- hardly ,
- hereafter ,
- hoped-for ,
- hot ,
- immediacy ,
- immediate ,
- imminence ,
- in danger imminent ,
- in prospect ,
- in reserve ,
- in store ,
- in the air ,
- in the cards ,
- in the offing ,
- in the wind ,
- in view ,
- incipient ,
- instant ,
- intimacy ,
- intimate ,
- just about ,
- kinship ,
- later ,
- less ,
- like ,
- liking ,
- looked-for ,
- lowering ,
- lurking ,
- menacing ,
- more ,
- mounting ,
- narrowing ,
- near ,
- nearly ,
- nearness ,
- neighborhood ,
- neighbourhood ,
- nigh ,
- nighing ,
- not quite ,
- on the cards ,
- on the horizon ,
- oncoming ,
- onrushing ,
- onset ,
- overhanging ,
- pending ,
- planned ,
- plotted ,
- potential ,
- practically ,
- predicted ,
- presence ,
- probable ,
- projected ,
- prompting ,
- propinquity ,
- prospective ,
- proximal ,
- proximate ,
- proximity ,
- readying ,
- recent ,
- region ,
- roughing ,
- roughly ,
- scarcely ,
- shortly before ,
- side by side ,
- similar to ,
- snuggling ,
- sounding ,
- surfacing ,
- that will be ,
- to come ,
- to-be ,
- touching on ,
- ultimate ,
- upcoming ,
- uprising ,
- vicinal ,
- vicinity ,
- virtually ,
- waiting ,
- warm ,
- wellnigh .
- Inevasible ,
- coming ,
- fast-approaching ,
- gaining upon ,
- getting near ,
- handwriting-on-the-wall ,
- impending ,
- in evidence ,
- in preparation ,
- on its way ,
- on the verge ,
- running after ,
- see coming ,
- see it coming ,
- to be ,
- unescapable ,
- waiting to ,
- approaching ,
- looking to ,
- ordained ,
- over hanging ,
- pursuing ,
- up-and-coming .
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What are the paraphrases for Nearing?
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
approaching, near.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
looms.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
affecting, approaching, arriving, becoming, being, bordering, bringing, closest, coming, completing, course, covering, creeping, drawing, emerging, ending, finishing, flowing, forthcoming, getting, going, hitting, lounging, moving, neighbouring, ongoing, pending, point, practically, pressing, pushing, reaching, rising, run, running, surrounding, touching, trying, unfolding, upcoming, virtually, winding, Achieving, Amounting, Approximating, Averaging, Evolving, Involving, Looming, Realizing, Terminating, Undergoing, Preparing, finalizing, endeavouring, finalising.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
nears.
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Proper noun, singular
What are the hypernyms for Nearing?
Other hypernyms:
approach, draw close, draw near, near, get near, immenace.
What are the opposite words for Nearing?
Antonyms for the word "nearing" are related to distance, time, and proximity. These antonyms include words like "retreating," "withdrawing," and "receding," which suggest movement away from a certain point or goal. Other antonyms include words like "distant," "faraway," and "remote," which suggest a great physical or emotional distance. Words like "lagging," "delaying," and "postponing" suggest a delay in reaching the intended destination or objective. Furthermore, words like "beginning," "starting," and "initiating" suggest the opposite of nearing, indicating a fresh start or the beginning of a new journey. Overall, antonyms for "nearing" highlight the concept of distance and reluctance to approach a particular point or goal.
Usage examples for Nearing
Famous quotes with Nearing
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So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused.
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