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Antonyms for approachingap·proach·ing
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term approaching.
Princeton's WordNet
approach, approachingnoun
the event of one object coming closer to another
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present(a), pastSynonyms:
approach, attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, approaching, comingnoun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
"the approach of winter"
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present(a), pastSynonyms:
climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackapproach, approaching, comingadjective
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
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past, present(a)Synonyms:
climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackapproaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcomingadjective
of the relatively near future
"the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
Antonyms:
present(a), past
Editors Contribution
disinclined
How to use approaching in a sentence?
A ship was shelled about 10 miles from Derna coast. We have warned before about approaching Derna port, a member of the crew was killed, and there is one wounded.
Disney is approaching streaming offerings, particularly Disney+, with guns blazing, looking to take share and quickly ramp subscriber growth.
We are approaching this issue with extreme sensitivity and do not want see any harm to the site.
I think I'm just going to approach her like every other match I have been approaching. My routine has been working pretty well so that's how I'm going to go into the match, i like to look at prank videos on YouTube and listen to music. I love music that keeps me calm before matches, because obviously when you get out there there's a lot of nerves anyway. Yeah, I like to find my own space, put some relaxed music on.
The 19th day of our resistance is over. Historical war. Another difficult day, which is still approaching our victory. Approaching peace for Ukraine.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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