What are the opposite words for heading toward?

Antonyms for the phrase "heading toward" would include variations of moving, departing or leaving. Antonyms for "heading" would include stopping, staying or remaining. Alternatives for "toward" would be away from or in the opposite direction. Examples of antonyms for "heading toward" in a sentence might be "I am departing from the city" instead of "I am heading toward the city," or "I am going in the opposite direction" instead of "I am moving toward the destination." Antonyms for "heading toward" can add variety and nuance to writing, and provide a refreshing alternative to repetitive language.

What are the antonyms for Heading toward?

• adj.

  • en route
  • Derailed
  ,
  • Detained
  ,
  • Sidetracked
  ,
  • off the path
  .

Famous quotes with Heading toward

• It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.

  K. Eric Drexler
• Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.

  Mike Hawkins
• Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.

  Susan Sontag
• We are heading toward a new confrontation in the north but I don't know when it will happen, just as we did not know when the second Lebanon war would erupt, although Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government, the latter has no influence on it.

  Yossi Peled
• When they talk of the world outside themselves, their different visions of the world become obvious. He sees the world as a chaotic place, because he views it from the vantage point of self-protective needs for control, separateness, and power. She sees the "dawn of a new age," a world heading toward universal love, spirituality, and peace—free of barriers and boundaries and filled with people who care for each other.

  Herb Goldberg

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