Approaching
Approaching adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Usage example: the approaching holiday has everyone in a state of excitement
Proximate and approaching are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proximate" instead an adjective "Approaching".
Proximate
Proximate adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Usage example: the proximate publication of his first novel
Approaching and proximate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approaching" instead an adjective "Proximate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and approaching
- close and proximate
- future and approaching
- future and proximate
- nearly and approaching
- nearly and proximate
- near and approaching
- near and proximate
- immediate and approaching
- immediate and proximate
- approximate and approaching
- approximate and proximate
- next and approaching
- next and proximate
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Proximate and Approaching. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approaching/proximate
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