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, approaching, 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, approaching, 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, approaching, 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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How to use Approaching in a sentence?

1. Dallas Fed chief Robert Kaplan:

   The Federal Reserve is approaching a critical point in our economic recovery as The Federal Reserve deliberates the future path of monetary policy, unfortunately, the recent focus on my financial disclosure risks becoming a distraction to the Federal Reserve's execution of that vital work.

2. Khalifa Haftar:

   In good news for all honorable Libyans, the hour of victory is approaching, and the announcement of the city of Derna rid of terrorism, secure and at ease under the protection of the armed forces and security units.

3. Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart:

   I think the point of 'liftoff' is close, the economy has made great gains and is approaching an acceptable normal ... conditions are no longer extraordinary.

4. Cullum Clark:

   The effort to mine bitcoin around the world is consuming fully one and a half percent of the electricity output of the entire United States and is approaching 0.5 percent of the electricity output of the whole planet. That’s an enormous number.

5. Laurie Keefer:

   We ask patients to write down their stressors so that they can look at them a little bit more objectively, that homework is really a core part of this type of therapy. When they look at their stressors, they're challenging their way of approaching them.