oncoming

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: on=com=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

oncoming, adj. 

 moving toward one; approaching.  [WordNet 1.5]

oncoming, n. 

 the beginning or early stages; the onset.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

oncoming, adj. & n.
--adj. approaching from the front.
--n. an approach or onset.

THESAURUS

oncoming

A, access, accession, advance, advancing, advent, afflux, affluxion, alpha, approach, approaching, appropinquation, approximate, approximation, approximative, appulse, arrival, arriving, attracted to, beginning, blast-off, coming, coming near, coming toward, commencement, creation, cutting edge, dawn, drawn to, edge, establishment, flowing toward, flying start, forthcoming, forward, forward-looking, foundation, fresh start, go-ahead, imminence, imminent, institution, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, moving, near, nearing, nearness, new departure, ongoing, onset, onward, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, proceeding, progressing, progressive, proximate, proximation, running start, send-off, setting in motion, setting-up, square one, start, start-off, starting point, take-off, to come, upcoming