'offing' definitions:
Definition of 'offing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"
noun
The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
Synonyms of 'offing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aftertime,
- afteryears,
- background,
- by-and-by,
- course ahead,
- crystal ball,
- determinism,
- distant future,
- eventuality,
- expectation,
- foresight,
- forward look,
- future,
- future tense,
- futurism,
- futurity,
- hereafter,
- horizon,
- immediate future,
- immediate prospect,
- imminence,
- near future,
- outlook,
- posteriority,
- prediction,
- probability,
- project,
- prophecy,
- prospect,
- remote distance,
- the distance,
- the future,
- the morrow,
- the sweet by-and-by,
- time ahead,
- time just ahead,
- time to come,
- tomorrow,
- vanishing point