Definition for Ongoing:

• Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort.

Synonyms for Ongoing:

• adj.

  •around-the-clock (adjective)
  • non-stop.
  •continuous (adjective)
  • developing,
  • heading,
  • growing,
  • Progressing,
  • marching,
  • advancing,
  • open-ended,
  • continuing,
  • successful,
  • extant,
  • Evolving,
  • in process,
  • unfinished.
  •existent (adjective)
  • taking place.

• n.

  •
  • forever,
  • unbroken,
  • indefinite,
  • permanent.
  •
  • persistent,
  • unfailing,
  • endless,
  • eternal,
  • relentless,
  • continue,
  • everlasting,
  • perpetual.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • timeless,
  • active,
  • unceasing.
  •
  • nonstop,
  • ceaseless,
  • interminable,
  • unending,
  • constant,
  • continual,
  • continuous,
  • uninterrupted,
  • incessant.
  •Other relevant words:
  • existing,
  • existent,
  • imperishable,
  • in operation,
  • melioration,
  • unchanging,
  • fixed,
  • current events,
  • tolerate,
  • behave,
  • working,
  • speak,
  • flux,
  • forward-looking,
  • behavior,
  • in play,
  • rolling on,
  • ebbing,
  • growth,
  • Eventuating,
  • regular,
  • backflowing,
  • business,
  • banish,
  • attaint,
  • deed,
  • passage,
  • instant,
  • conduct,
  • dateless,
  • Furthering,
  • Occurring,
  • demeanor,
  • flood,
  • unwavering,
  • passing,
  • transaction,
  • suffice,
  • contemporaneous,
  • rise,
  • progressiveness,
  • ascending,
  • lasting,
  • increase,
  • successive,
  • humiliate,
  • continued,
  • career,
  • in hand,
  • improving,
  • on-going,
  • ascent,
  • proceeding,
  • durable,
  • behaviour,
  • at work,
  • mounting,
  • service,
  • sequential,
  • abiding,
  • incidental,
  • forward,
  • onward,
  • ageless,
  • comport,
  • increasing,
  • stream,
  • gradual,
  • deeds,
  • mending,
  • resultant,
  • furtherance,
  • enduring,
  • carry,
  • activity,
  • demean,
  • regression,
  • present-day,
  • on the move,
  • precession,
  • outstanding,
  • abase,
  • reflux,
  • uncompleted,
  • rising,
  • course,
  • betterment,
  • backing,
  • descent,
  • run,
  • subsiding,
  • debase,
  • trend,
  • being done,
  • driftage,
  • affairs,
  • deport,
  • running,
  • simultaneous,
  • Refluence,
  • standing,
  • afoot,
  • descending,
  • ameliorative,
  • onrush,
  • moving,
  • degrade,
  • accidental,
  • rush,
  • undying,
  • immortal,
  • Anabasis,
  • present,
  • promotion,
  • bear,
  • perennial,
  • immediate,
  • on track,
  • operational,
  • Doing,
  • occasional,
  • Sternway,
  • accompanying,
  • Trajet,
  • Plunging,
  • operate,
  • axial motion,
  • soaring,
  • functioning,
  • proficiency,
  • acting,
  • steady,
  • circumstantial,
  • happening,
  • march,
  • going,
  • coeval,
  • going on,
  • go ahead,
  • drift,
  • expel,
  • in the wind,
  • climbing,
  • in action,
  • Traject,
  • indecisive,
  • flow,
  • afloat,
  • consecutive,
  • walk,
  • carriage,
  • relegate,
  • meliorative,
  • retrogression,
  • set,
  • prevailing,
  • headway,
  • perform,
  • forwarding,
  • way,
  • rolling,
  • bearing,
  • advance,
  • functional,
  • on foot,
  • fragmentary,
  • contemporary,
  • in the works,
  • oblique motion,
  • in practice,
  • operating,
  • advancement,
  • improvement,
  • ado,
  • partial,
  • sinking,
  • on the mend,
  • crescent,
  • tide,
  • deal,
  • deportment,
  • under way,
  • bettering,
  • cheapen,
  • travel,
  • oncoming,
  • flight,
  • in force,
  • inaction,
  • action,
  • forward motion.

Paraphrases for Ongoing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    continuous, continual, constant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    continuous, continual.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    continuous.
  • Verb, past tense
    continuous.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    continuous.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    continuous.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    continuing, in-progress, lasting, revolving, lingering, ever-present, relentless, Evolving, never-ending, prolonged, unrelenting, unbroken, longstanding, globalizing, lifelong, ever-increasing, progressive, unending, pending, unwavering, standing, endless, around-the-clock, periodic, steadfast, systematic, work-in-progress, unabated, topical, unceasing, uninterruptible, continuously, forthcoming, contiguous.
  • Proper noun, singular
    continuing, trends, lists, courts, objects, FAQS, Its, lifelong, pending, standing, constant, constants, continuously.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    continuing, unrelenting, proceeding, pending, standing, constant, unceasing, continuously.
  • Verb, past tense
    retained, continuing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    going, hanging, Progressing, beginning, persisting, Initiating, escalating, Undergoing, waiting, Witnessing, Perpetuating, moving, Prosecuting, Occurring, striving, unfolding, rotating, erupting, retraining, Introducing, advancing, Nearing, sitting, Checking, expanding, facing, raging, Carrying, featuring, counting, appearing, starting, happening, Securing, driving, performing, Fulfilling, becoming, shooting, according, shifting, Doing, reaching, trying, getting, continuing, making, lasting, revolving, lingering, Evolving, unrelenting, abiding, proceeding, pending, unwavering, standing, constant.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    allows, stands, continuing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    uninterrupted, incessant, ceaseless, perennial, permanent, protracted, abiding, underway, continuum, evolutionary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    continua, permanent, underway.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    incessant, permanent, abiding, underway, continuum.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Furthering, unceasing.

Antonyms for Ongoing:

• adj.

  • continuous
    infrequent, incontinuous, intermittent, stopping.
  • Other antonyms:
    ago, antique, receding, outdated, noncurrent, dated, obsolete, halted, oldfangled, done, concluded, old-time, over, ended, old fashioned, coming, outworn, former, outmoded, bygone, out-of-date, stopped, archaic, regressing, passe, ancient, completed, arrested, unborn, antiquated, terminated, retrogressing, antediluvian, past, musty, fusty, erstwhile, old, through, up, future.