advent

advent

noun

Definition of ADVENT

the act of coming upon a scene <with the advent of the mass-produced automobile, the need for a better system of roads and highways soon became apparent>

Synonyms advent, appearance, coming, incoming

Related Words approach, entrance, ingress; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, debut (also début), genesis, inception, morning, onset, start

Near Antonyms dissipation, dissolution, evaporation, fadeaway, fading, melting, passing, vanishing; clearing out, egress, leaving, retirement, retreat, withdrawal; emigration, evacuation, exodus

Antonyms decamping, decampment, departing, departure, disappearance, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave-taking, parting, quitting