'forthcoming' definitions:
Definition of 'forthcoming'
(from WordNet)
adjective
At ease in talking to others [syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing]
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]
adjective
Available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming"
Definition of 'forthcoming'
From: GCIDE
- forthcoming \forth"com`ing\ (f[=o]rth"k[u^]m`[i^]ng or f[=o]rth`k[u^]m"[i^]ng), a.
- 1. Ready or about to appear; making appearance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Candid; frank; not withholding relevant information; cooperative in providing information. [PJC]
- 3. Having an agreeable and sociable personality; friendly. [PJC]
- 4. Available or ready at the time required; as, payment will be forthcoming on receipt of the goods. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'forthcoming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about to be,
- access,
- accessible,
- accession,
- advance,
- advancing,
- advent,
- affable,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- already in sight,
- amiable,
- anticipated,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- appearing,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- approximate,
- approximation,
- approximative,
- appulse,
- arising,
- at hand,
- attracted to,
- avatar,
- awaited,
- brewing,
- chatty,
- close,
- close at hand,
- close by,
- coming,
- coming into being,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- coming-forth,
- communicative,
- departure,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destined,
- determined,
- disclosure,
- drawn to,
- egress,
- egression,
- emanating,
- emanative,
- emanent,
- emergence,
- emergent,
- emerging,
- epiphany,
- eventual,
- exit,
- exodus,
- expansive,
- expected,
- exposure,
- extraction,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- flowing toward,
- foreseen,
- free,
- friendly,
- future,
- futuristic,
- futurity,
- gathering,
- going on,
- going out,
- going to happen,
- hereafter,
- hoped-for,
- immediate,
- immediate future,
- imminence,
- imminent,
- impendence,
- impendency,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in danger imminent,
- in embryo,
- in hand,
- in preparation,
- in process,
- in production,
- in progress,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the oven,
- in the wind,
- in the works,
- in view,
- incarnation,
- informative,
- instant,
- issuance,
- issuing,
- later,
- loom,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- manifestation,
- materialization,
- materializing,
- menacing,
- near,
- near at hand,
- near future,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- occurrence,
- on stream,
- on the anvil,
- on the fire,
- on the horizon,
- on the way,
- oncoming,
- open,
- opening,
- outcome,
- outcoming,
- outgo,
- outgoing,
- overhanging,
- pending,
- planned,
- plotted,
- predicted,
- preparing,
- presentation,
- probable,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- prospective,
- proximate,
- proximation,
- realization,
- revealing,
- revelation,
- rise,
- rising,
- showing,
- showing forth,
- sociable,
- surfacing,
- talkative,
- that will be,
- theophany,
- threatening,
- to come,
- to-be,
- transeunt,
- transient,
- ultimate,
- under construction,
- under revision,
- under way,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unreserved,
- upcoming,
- waiting