Oncoming synonyms and antonyms

ŏn'kŭm'ĭng, ôn'-

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impending
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
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expected
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
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imminent
About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
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approaching (related)
That approaches or approach.
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looming
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past (antonym)
(Postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]
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preceding (antonym)
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
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onset
(Linguistics) The part of a syllable that precedes the nucleus. In the word nucleus (no͝o&STRESS;klē-əs), the onset of the first syllable is (n), the onset of the second syllable is (kl), and the last syllable has no onset.
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on-coming (related)
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swerve (related)
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Armco (related)
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  • Such attacks have been witnessed in emergency rooms, where doctors were completely defenseless to the oncoming arrest and unable to resuscitate the patient.

  • An oncoming car honks and crashes into Mulder, sending him flying up into the windshield, which cracks.

  • Why not shunt him into that pillar, or an oncoming lorry?

  • Despite the threat of the oncoming keeper he shot to the right to delight the home fans.

  • Crews use signboards or small gunpowder charges detonated by an oncoming train's front wheels to warn of blockages ahead.

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