Synonyms for advent
ˈæd vɛntad·vent

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1. Adventnoun

   The first or the expected second coming of Christ.

   Synonyms:
   oncome, approach, onset, arrival

2. Adventnoun

   The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.

   Synonyms:
   Christmas season, Christmastide, holiday season, yuletide

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1. advent

   Synonyms:
   approach, arrival, accession, coming

   Antonyms:
   departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance

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1. advent, comingnoun

   arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

   "the advent of the computer"

   Synonyms:
   approach, approaching, coming, orgasm, climax, sexual climax

2. Adventnoun

   the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

   Synonyms:
   coming

3. Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousianoun

   (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

   Synonyms:
   coming

Matched Categories

1. • Christian Theology
   • Arrival
   • Manifestation
   • Season

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1. advenement

   advenement is an english word of french origin.

   Submitted by anonymous on August 4, 2020  

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1. adventnoun

   Synonyms:
   arrival, coming, approach

2. adventnoun

   Synonyms:
   coming of christ

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1. List of paraphrases for "advent":

   arrival, emergence, onset, introduction, appearance

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1. Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans:

   Live Aid took place in 1985, well before the advent of social and digital media. The platforms that exist today can enable us to reach every corner of the planet, our goal is to use this digital technology to inspire and motivate citizens across the globe to take action to achieve the UN Global Goals.

2. Edsger W. Dijkstra:

   The argument against recursive procedures was always an efficiency argument: non-re-entrant code could be executed so much more efficiently. But with the advent of multiprogramming another need for felxible storage allocation has emerged. And if there are still machines in which the use of recursive routines is punished by too heavy a penalty, then I would venture the opinion that the structure of such a machine should now be called somewhat old-fashioned.

3. Christopher Durham:

   With wine Advent calendars, their marketing value... is significantly higher than their sales value in helping drive traffic, you limit how many are available, thousands of people talk about them and you create buzz.

4. Vagheesh Narasimhan:

   We were able to examine different associations between the advent of farming in that part of the world with the movement of people in that part of the world.

5. Elon Musk:

   The whole point of Tesla is to accelerate the advent of electric vehicles and sustainable transport, we're trying to help the environment, we think it's the most serious problem that humanity faces.