Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coming
4 senses of coming
Sense 1
approach, approaching, coming -- (the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese")
=> motion, movement, move -- (the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path")
Sense 2
advent, coming -- (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer")
=> arrival, reaching -- (accomplishment of an objective)
Sense 3
approach, approaching, coming -- (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter")
=> timing -- (the time when something happens)
Sense 4
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming -- (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
=> consummation -- (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
Antonyms of verb come
1 of 21 senses of come
Sense 1
come, come up -- (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room")
Antonym of go (Sense 3)
=> go, go away, depart -- (move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb come
21 senses of come
Sense 1
come, come up -- (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room")
=> travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
Phrasal Verb-> come with#1; come through#4; come in#3; come through#3; come up#10; come up#4
Sense 2
arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")
Sense 3
come -- (come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June")
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")
Sense 4
come -- (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 5
come, follow -- (to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience")
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow -- (come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose")
Sense 6
come -- (be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled")
=> exist, be -- (have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?")
Sense 7
issue forth, come -- (come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard")
Sense 8
hail, come -- (be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 9
come -- (extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles")
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend -- (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets")
Sense 10
come -- (exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France")
=> be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?")
Sense 11
come -- (cover a certain distance; "She came a long way")
=> travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")
Sense 12
fall, come -- (come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 13
come -- (happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this")
=> result, ensue -- (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy")
Sense 14
total, number, add up, come, amount -- (add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 15
come, add up, amount -- (develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans")
=> become, turn -- (undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor")
Sense 16
come, come in -- (be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda")
=> arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")
Sense 17
occur, come -- (come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her")
=> become -- (come into existence; "What becomes has duration")
Sense 18
derive, come, descend -- (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins")
Sense 19
do, fare, make out, come, get along -- (proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way")
=> proceed, go -- (follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?")
Sense 20
come -- (experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset")
=> experience, see, go through -- (go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam")
Sense 21
come -- (have a certain priority; "My family comes first")
=> rank -- (take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World")
Antonyms of adj coming
1 sense of coming
Sense 1
approaching, coming (prenominal), forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions")
INDIRECT (VIA present, future) -> past -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present -- (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations")
Similarity of adj coming
1 sense of coming
Sense 1
approaching, coming (prenominal), forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions")
=> future (vs. past) (vs. present) -- (yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him")