oncoming
Moving this way
Oncoming describes something approaching or moving toward you: oncoming traffic, the oncoming winter.
The word usually implies something unavoidable—you can step aside for oncoming pedestrians, but not for oncoming old age.
As a noun, the oncoming of something is its approach: the oncoming of night.
Moving toward arrival
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- approachingComing toward something
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
convergence · inbound · forthcoming · looming · proximity · imminence · advent · encounter
Conveying threat or danger
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- perilousFraught with danger
- alarmingProvoking fear or anxiety
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
ominous · foreboding · intimidating · daunting · dire · head-on · collision · swerving
incoming
Moving toward arrival
- nearingGetting progressively closer
- approachingComing toward something
- advancingMoving in forward direction
arrival · convergence · inbound · forthcoming · looming · proximity · imminence · advent · encounter · meeting
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
hostile · ominous · foreboding · intimidating · daunting · dire · head-on · collision · swerving · headlights
impending
Soon to occur
soon · shortly · inevitable · pending · brewing · ensuing · next · imminent · nigh · proximate
vehicle
Means of transport
highway · opposite · headlights · collision · head-on · passing · swerving · median · divider · roadway
- approachingapproaching, nearing, advancing, closing in, incoming
oncomingreceding
Moving away from observer
retreating · departing · outgoing · withdrawing · going away
come, become, coming, income, overcome, outcome, newcomer, comes