going

going

noun

Definition of GOING

1

forward movement in time or place <tried to get down the hill quickly, but it was slow going with an injured foot>

Synonyms advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Related Words current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way; advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing; bound, jump, leap, step, stride; impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms backwash, ebb, reflux; retraction, return, reversal, reverse; about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

2

the act of leaving a place <was so absorbed in her TV show she didn't notice his comings or goings>

Synonyms decamping, decampment, departing, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out

Related Words flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal; diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus; embarkation, embarkment; disembarkation, egress; abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment

Near Antonyms coming; approach, entrance, ingress

Antonyms advent, appearance, arrival