Synonyms for Approaching:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • coming,
  • approaching.
  •approaching (adjective)
  • expected,
  • nearby,
  • proximate.
  •arriving (adjective)
  • incoming.
  •close (adjective)
  • hard by,
  • around the corner,
  • near-at-hand,
  • give or take a little,
  • under one's nose,
  • in spitting distance,
  • across the street,
  • in the ball park.
  •comparative (adjective)
  • provisional,
  • contrastive,
  • by comparison,
  • not absolute,
  • metaphorical,
  • not positive,
  • in proportion,
  • with reservation.
  •convergent (adjective)
  • focal,
  • meeting,
  • convergent,
  • merging,
  • Concentrating.
  •ensuing (adjective)
  • destined,
  • due,
  • eventual,
  • ensuing.
  •extending (adjective)
  • stretching.
  •forthcoming (adjective)
  • in evitable,
  • in escapable,
  • pre destined,
  • more resulting,
  • more awaited,
  • pre-destined,
  • most resulting,
  • most predestined,
  • in-evitable,
  • more predestined,
  • most awaited,
  • in-escapable,
  • in wind,
  • in cards.
  •future (adjective)
  • in the offing,
  • from here to eternity,
  • down the road,
  • from now on in,
  • down the line,
  • from here in,
  • down the pike,
  • to be,
  • just around the corner,
  • from here on,
  • in the course of time,
  • looked toward,
  • close at hand.
  •imminent (adjective)
  • more fast approaching,
  • more fast-approaching,
  • more inevasible,
  • most handwriting-on-the-wall,
  • over-hanging,
  • more unescapable,
  • fast approaching,
  • most brewing,
  • more brewing,
  • on verge,
  • un escapable,
  • more handwriting on the wall,
  • most gathering,
  • most fast-approaching,
  • in air,
  • most inevasible,
  • most unescapable,
  • most handwriting on the wall,
  • most overhanging,
  • most fast approaching,
  • more handwriting-on-the-wall,
  • more overhanging,
  • fastapproaching,
  • un avoidable,
  • more fastapproaching,
  • on horizon,
  • un-escapable,
  • most fastapproaching,
  • more gathering,
  • un-avoidable.
  •impending (adjective)
  • more hovering,
  • more portending,
  • most portending,
  • most hovering.
  •looming (adjective)
  • more appearing,
  • more emerging,
  • most emerging,
  • most appearing.
  •menacing (adjective)
  • most intimidatory,
  • most minacious,
  • more intimidatory,
  • most louring,
  • more minacious,
  • more louring.
  •nearing (adjective)
  • at hand.
  •oncoming (adjective)
  • more advancing,
  • more onrushing,
  • most onrushing,
  • most advancing.
  •prospective (adjective)
  • more looked-for,
  • about be,
  • more soon to be,
  • more hoped for,
  • most hoped-for,
  • hopedfor,
  • most hopedfor,
  • more lookedfor,
  • pro posed,
  • soon to be,
  • most lookedfor,
  • in tended,
  • most soon-to-be,
  • most looked for,
  • lookedfor,
  • more looked for,
  • most looked-for,
  • most soon to be,
  • more hopedfor,
  • pro-posed,
  • in-tended,
  • most hoped for,
  • more hoped-for,
  • more soon-to-be.
  •protractile (adjective)
  • stretchable.
  •rough (adjective)
  • approximate.

• adv

  •nearly (adverb)
  • in essence,
  • close but no cigar,
  • well-nigh,
  • nearabout,
  • in the neighborhood,
  • in substance,
  • in neighborhood,
  • within a little,
  • all but,
  • upwards of,
  • pretty near,
  • in the ballpark,
  • as good as.

• adv.

  •nearly (adverb)
  • just about,
  • nearly,
  • approximately,
  • wellnigh,
  • not quite.
  •on (adverb)
  • be-side,
  • be side.

• n.

  •
  • impinging,
  • moving closer,
  • touching,
  • drawing near,
  • threatening,
  • looming up,
  • rising,
  • emergent,
  • next to come,
  • Approximating.
  •approach (noun)
  • approach.
  •approaching (noun)
  • moving,
  • future.
  •plan of action (noun)
  • design,
  • course of action,
  • strategy,
  • procedure,
  • plan,
  • way,
  • scheme,
  • programme,
  • methodology,
  • plan of action,
  • program,
  • method,
  • action plan,
  • course.
  •soliciting (noun)
  • canvassings,
  • petitionings,
  • approachings,
  • invitings,
  • re-questing,
  • re questing,
  • requestings.

• prep.

  •toward/towards (preposition)
  • vis a vis,
  • in direction of,
  • on road to,
  • in vicinity.

• v.

  •appealing (verb)
  • enticing,
  • buttonholing,
  • Petitioning,
  • Begging,
  • Supplicating,
  • imploring,
  • Applying,
  • greeting,
  • inviting,
  • appealing,
  • Addressing,
  • beseeching,
  • Accosting,
  • Entreating,
  • Requesting,
  • pleading.
  •approaching (verb)
  • Gaining,
  • accessing,
  • advancing,
  • Nearing,
  • converging,
  • closing.
  •converging (verb)
  • focusing,
  • uniting,
  • Intercepting.
  •endeavoring (verb)
  • Aiming,
  • Attempting,
  • Committing,
  • proceeding,
  • exploiting,
  • undertaking,
  • contracting,
  • engaging,
  • Maneuvering,
  • performing,
  • Volunteering,
  • acting,
  • Venturing,
  • Assaying,
  • Endeavoring.
  •ensuing (verb)
  • following,
  • resulting,
  • developing,
  • Destining,
  • Eventuating.
  •greeting (verb)
  • Saluting,
  • welcoming,
  • waving,
  • nodding,
  • bowing,
  • Acknowledging,
  • kowtowing,
  • hailing,
  • Vociferating,
  • hugging,
  • embracing,
  • Receiving,
  • signaling,
  • curtsying,
  • shaking hands with,
  • kissing,
  • Noticing,
  • smiling.
  •offering (verb)
  • Bestowing,
  • Citing,
  • Presenting,
  • offering,
  • Submitting,
  • rendering,
  • giving,
  • imparting,
  • Granting,
  • issuing,
  • Tendering,
  • dealing,
  • Quoting,
  • Biding,
  • Endowing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Toward.
  •imminent
  • corner.

Paraphrases for Approaching:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    approaches, Nearing, approach.
  • Noun, plural
    approaches, approach.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    approach.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    looms.
  • Noun, plural
    Tracks, looms.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reaching, Broaching, processing, searching, Toward, Towards, forthcoming, practically, touch, touching, Apprehending, Applying, watch, watching, Progressing, Approximating, proceeding, neighbouring, regarding, Responding, part, caring, Considering, reprocessing, coming, moving, Experiencing, corresponding, appealing, viewing, Exploring, harmonising, probing, Treating, coping, matching, boarding, focusing, covering, concerning, Describing, handling, launching, confronting, pointing, grasping, Capturing, neighboring, closing, closest, creeping, Encountering, accessing, engaging, Consulting, targeting, Presenting, Mentioning, countering, entering, Remedying, arriving, tapping, Employing, grappling, starting, pursuing, hitting, Achieving, Overcoming, virtually, brewing, refer, Referring, Attempting, resort, Resorting, facing, joining, collecting, communicating, steering, broadcasting, Soliciting, resolving, Straddling, Managing, using, Enrolling, Relying, looking, walking, traveling, travelling, seeking, Liaising, Disposing, realising, becoming, speaking, Undergoing, investigating, flying, Commencing, phoning, turning, upcoming, emerging, liaison, Registering, Placing, solving, Introducing, calling, falling, Utilizing, connecting, Pertaining, Examining, Resisting, advancing, inviting, dawning, bordering, treaty, happening, Realizing, impending, rising, review, reviewing, Resembling, canvassing, flowing, attending, pushing, Relating, Averaging, struggling, sailing, understanding, finding, Discussing, Initiating, leading, regulating, party, pressing, attacking, Claiming, aligning, passing, seizing, arresting, winding, utilising, redressing, questioning, Looming, going, heading, Debating, raising, trying, seeing, dividing, visit, visiting, links, Gaining, talking, Attaining, driving, drawing, Extending, keeping, asking, eating, surrounding, settling, pending, request, Requesting, Amounting, taking, bringing, striking, killing, ~, drinking, getting, making, Nearing.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dealing.

Antonyms for Approaching:

• adj.

  • nearing
    later, passing, distant, receding, remote.
  • Other antonyms:
    foregone, erstwhile, recent, other, old, sometime, quondam, present, late, onetime, past, former, Whilom, bygone.

Homophones for Approaching:

• afrikaans, appraising, averageness, avariciousness.

Hyponym for Approaching:

• n.

  • attribute
    timing.
  • event
    movement, motion.