Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Hovering and approaching are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hovering" instead an adjective "Approaching".
Hovering
Approaching and hovering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approaching" instead an adjective "Hovering".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- gathering and approaching
- gathering and hovering
- threatening and approaching
- threatening and hovering
- near and approaching
- near and hovering
- in the air and approaching
- in the air and hovering
- impending and approaching
- impending and hovering
- imminent and approaching
- imminent and hovering
- looming and approaching
- looming and hovering
Both words in one sentence
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In a Series 4 episode, Donna Noble sees a wasp hovering just outside the window, only it turns out to be a huge wasp far away but approaching very fast.
Source: Depth Deception -
Data and Picard are wary of an approaching army of Borg drones underneath them, but the Borg Queen, the film's Big Bad, is hovering over them both.
Source: Evil Overlooker
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