Synonyms of arriving

arriving

verb

present participle of arrive

1

as in coming

to get to a destination

when will the guests arrive?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coming
• appearing
• landing
• disembarking
• getting in
• getting through
• reaching
• turning up
• showing up
• hitting
• fetching
• making
• pulling in
• bursting (in or into)
• debarking
• blowing in
• touching down
• checking in
• barging (in)
• waltzing (in)
• breezing (in)
• clocking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaving
• going
• checking out
• fleeing
• clocking (out)
• vamoosing

2

as in succeeding

to reach a desired level of accomplishment

the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeeding
• flourishing
• thriving
• prospering
• making it
• getting ahead
• getting somewhere
• cutting it
• getting there
• winning
• excelling
• making the grade
• making good
• hacking it
• hitting it big
• prevailing
• cutting the mustard
• coming into one's own
• making one's mark
• triumphing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• struggling
• floundering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arriving

Public school officials have said the decline is linked to fewer newly arriving immigrants from other countries, declining birth rates, and families leaving for more affordable places. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

The country’s citizens can successfully bypass the EU’s new Entry Exit System (EES), which means non-EU citizens arriving in the 29-country Schengen zone must now have their biometrics taken. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

The same will be true for Wallace, who slid onto all-defense this past season, and for McCain, who fit in seamlessly after arriving in Oklahoma. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Anderson, arriving with a $101 million compensation package, required a crash course in the science of photons. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 July 2026

The large ground-floor jewelry space, meanwhile, will double in size with a host of exclusives arriving. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Market research has priced itself out just as better alternatives are arriving. — Anna Convery, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

That includes Ghana, which received a boisterous welcome to KC after arriving here for its Round-of-32 match against Colombia. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Campbell also captured video of two kayakers and a person on a small motor boat arriving to the plane. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026