Approaching synonyms | prepositions

Synonyms for Approaching as a Preposition

• near

  in the direction of, arrival
• nearing
• close to

  in the direction of
• around

  in the direction of
• nearly
• not quite
• almost
• about
• approximately
• proceeding

  direction, movement
• roughly
• circa
• just before
• shortly before
• moving

  direction, movement
• more or less
• in the region of
• en route
• in the vicinity
• something like
• getting on for
• coming up
• pointing to
• contra
• headed for
• in relation to
• in the direction of
• on the road to
• over against
• not far off
• round about
• coming to
• against
• facing
• for
• to
• via
• fronting
• around about
• in the neighborhood of
• give or take
• in the ballpark of
• as near as dammit