1. Close in time; about to occur
   "The coming election had everyone on edge";
   - at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending, approach, approaching
    
2. Of the relatively near future
   "this coming Thursday";
   - approaching, forthcoming, upcoming
    
3. Showing promise of success or development
   "She's a coming young artist"

1. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
   "We eagerly awaited his coming";
   - advent
    
2. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time
   "the coming of winter";
   - approach, approaching
    
3. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
   "The couple experienced simultaneous coming";
   - orgasm, climax, sexual climax

1. 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"; "The ship came up to the dock";
   - come up
    
2. Reach a destination by movement or progress
   "She came home at 7 o'clock";
   - arrive, get
    
3. Happen, arrive
   "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
    
4. 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"; "your wish will come true"
    
5. Be found or available
   "These shoes come in three colours"; "The furniture comes unassembled"
    
6. To be the product or result
   "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience";
   - follow
    
7. Be emitted
   "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard";
   - issue forth
    
8. Be a native of
   "She comes from Kalamazoo";
   - hail
    
9. Extend or reach
   "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
    
10. Cover a certain distance
    "She came a long way"
     
11. Exist or occur in a certain point in a series
    "Next came the student from France"
     
12. Come under, be classified or included
    "This comes under a new heading";
    - fall
     
13. Happen as a result
    "Nothing good will come of this"
     
14. Equal a particular sum or quantity when calculated or combined
    "The bill came to $2,000";
    - total, number, add up, amount, come to
     
15. To measure up to in kind or quality
    "nothing came of his grandiose plans";
    - add up, amount
     
16. Be received
    "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda";
    - come in
     
17. Come to one's mind; suggest itself
    "A great idea then came to her";
    - occur
     
18. Be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
    "he comes from humble origins";
    - derive, descend
     
19. Perform, succeed or manage over a period of time
    "He's come a long way";
    - do, fare, make out, get along
     
20. [informal] Experience orgasm
    "she could not come because she was too upset"
     
21. Have a certain priority
    "My family comes first"

Derived forms: comings

See also: close, come in, come up, come with, future, surface, survive, win

Type of: arise, arrival, arrive at, attain, be, become, begin, change, come about, consummation, develop, ensue, exist, experience, extend, fall out, gain, go, go on, go through, grow, hap [archaic], happen, hit, lead, locomote, make, motion, move, movement, occur, originate, pass, pass off, proceed, rank, reach, relate, result, rise, run, see, spring up, start, take place, timing, travel, turn, uprise [archaic, literary]

Antonym: go away

Encyclopedia: Coming, Going