Synonyms for approaching
ap·proach·ing

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1. approach, approachingnoun

   the event of one object coming closer to another

   Synonyms:
   approach, attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, overture, approach path, approach shot

   Antonyms:
   present(a), past

2. approach, approaching, comingnoun

   the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

   "the approach of winter"

   Synonyms:
   climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack

   Antonyms:
   present(a), past

3. approach, approaching, comingadjective

   the act of drawing spatially closer to something

   "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

   Synonyms:
   climax, coming, feeler, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack

   Antonyms:
   past, present(a)

4. approaching, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Movement
   • Timing

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1. List of paraphrases for "approaching":

   nearing, approach, nears

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1. Thomas Reiter:

   We are getting around 100 alarms a day about approaching particles, every two weeks, a satellite has to dodge something.

2. Friday Ponsetto:

   I was approaching the people that had been exiting the hotel, because in my mind, anybody exiting is probably the one that, might be the one that is trying to steal my phone, i admit, yes, I could have approached the situation differently or maybe not yelled at him like that and made him feel, maybe some sort of inferior way -- making him feel as if I was, like, hurting his feels because thats not my intention. I consider myself to be super sweet. I really never ever meant for it to, like, hurt him or his father, either.

3. Bill Payne:

   We want to make sure that we have lots of windows so that administrators, people that are in charge, can see folks approaching the building.

4. John Cryan:

   I am cautiously confident that we are gradually approaching the home straight as far as our litigation is concerned.

5. Gholamreza Shariati:

   The inflow into the Karkheh river dam has been high ... and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity.