Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Oncoming
Oncoming adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- A battered and broken Twilight from the future appears briefly in the library and tries (unsuccessfully) to warn her past self about some oncoming disaster to take place between now and next Tuesday morning.
- Tiny Planets: In "Tools, Glorious Tools", Bing and Bong hitch a ride on a handcar, and inevitably spend the next few minutes pumping furiously to stay ahead of an oncoming locomotive.
Source: Handcar Pursuit -
And then the Cross-Brain goes on hiatus for the next week due to oncoming exams.
Source: Fanfic / This Bites!
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Oncoming and Next. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/oncoming
Next & Oncoming. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/oncoming>.
Oncoming or Next. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/oncoming.
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