coming

1 of 3

noun

com·​ing ˈkə-miŋ 

: an act or instance of arriving

coming

2 of 3

adjective

1

: immediately due in sequence or development

in the coming year

2

: gaining importance

the coming trend

coming

3 of 3

present participle of come entry 1

Synonyms of coming

Noun

• arrival
• advent
• appearance

Adjective

• approaching
• upcoming
• impending
• to come
• nearing

Examples of coming in a Sentence

Noun

the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started

Adjective

The company has many plans for the coming year.

An official announcement will be made in the coming days.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Before fish narc sounded like the second coming of the Lemonheads, Olympia, Washington songwriter Ben Funkhouser toiled as a producer and beatmaker at the forefront of the SoundCloud rap scene. — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026

But my personal experience of this is that my political coming of age was the Iraq War and the Patriot Act. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Anthropic reportedly plans to spend $750 billion on adding compute capacity in the coming years, including hundreds of billions in non-cancelable deals, as AI labs race to finance a huge infrastructure buildout. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Barring some major roster moves, the contract will likely take the team over the second apron in the coming seasons, with All-Stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren already committed to long-term deals. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing coming

• a long time coming
• coming into heat
• coming-of-age
• coming off the bench
• coming right up
• coming up roses
• get what's coming to one
• has another think coming
• have another thing coming
• have coming
• have it coming (to one)
• I don't know what the world is coming to
• long in coming
• not know what the world is coming to
• the/his chickens are (finally) coming home to roost
• this coming
• up-and-coming
• what is the world coming to
• what the world is coming to

Rhymes for coming

• cumming
• drumming
• gumming
• humming
• numbing
• plumbing
• strumming
• summing
• thrumming
• thumbing
• becoming
• forthcoming

Kids Definition

coming

adjective

com·​ing

ˈkəm-iŋ

1

: immediately following : next

in the coming year

2

: gaining importance

recognized as a coming young star