'forthcoming' definitions:

Definition of 'forthcoming'

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