'approaching' definitions:
Definition of 'approaching'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming]
noun
The event of one object coming closer to another [syn: approach, approaching]
noun
The temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: approach, approaching, coming]
noun
Synonyms of 'approaching'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about to be,
- advancing,
- already in sight,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- approximative,
- arm-in-arm,
- arriving,
- asymptotic,
- at hand,
- attracted to,
- brewing,
- burning,
- centripetal,
- centrolineal,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- concurrent,
- confluent,
- confocal,
- connivent,
- converging,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destined,
- determined,
- drawn to,
- emergent,
- entering,
- eventual,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- focal,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- futuristic,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- hand-in-hand,
- hereafter,
- homeward,
- homeward-bound,
- hoped-for,
- hot,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in danger imminent,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- inbound,
- incoming,
- instant,
- intimate,
- inward-bound,
- later,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- meeting,
- menacing,
- mutually approaching,
- near,
- near at hand,
- near the mark,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- on the horizon,
- oncoming,
- overhanging,
- planned,
- plotted,
- predicted,
- preparing,
- probable,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- propinque,
- prospective,
- proximal,
- proximate,
- radial,
- radiating,
- side-by-side,
- tangent,
- tangential,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- to come,
- to-be,
- ultimate,
- uniting,
- upcoming,
- vicinal,
- waiting,
- warm