oncomingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈɒnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us/ˈɑːnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/moving towards you or coming nearer:
The car veered onto the wrong side of the road and hit an oncoming truck.
There seemed to be no way of averting the oncoming crisis.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forward
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- onward
- onwards
- round
- thither
- towards
- up
- ward
- way
- wise
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