Entry Word: arrival

Function: noun

Meaning: the act of coming upon a scene <springʼs late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April> <the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl>

Synonyms advent, appearance

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

Near Antonyms dissipation, dissolution, evaporation, fading, melting, passing, vanishing; clearing out, egress, exit, exiting, leaving, retirement, withdrawal

Antonyms departing, departure, disappearance, going