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Synonyms for up-and-coming
adj risingenterprising
adjective. resourceful, energetic
- active
- advancing
- adventurous
- aggressive
- alert
- ambitious
- aspiring
- audacious
- bold
- busy
- coming on strong
- craving
- daring
- dashing
- diligent
- driving
- eager
- enthusiastic
- go-ahead
- go-go
- gumptious
- hard ball
- hardworking
- hungry
- hustling
- industrious
- intrepid
- itching
- keen
- lively
- lusting
- peppy
- progressive
- pushing
- ready
- self-starting
- snappy
- spanking
- spark plug
- spirited
- stirring
- take-over
- up-and-coming
- venturesome
- vigorous
- yearning
- zealous
- zippy
go-ahead
adjective. progressive
likelier
adjective. probable, apt, hopeful
- acceptable
- achievable
- anticipated
- assuring
- attainable
- believeable
- conceivable
- conjecturable
- credible
- destined
- disposed
- expected
- fair
- favorite
- feasible
- given to
- imaginable
- in favor of
- in the cards
- in the habit of
- inclined
- inferable
- liable
- odds-on
- on the verge of
- ostensible
- plausible
- possible
- practicable
- predisposed
- presumable
- promising
- prone
- rational
- reasonable
- seeming
- subject to
- supposable
- tending
- thinkable
- true
- up-and-coming
- verisimilar
- workable
likely
adjective. probable, apt, hopeful
- acceptable
- achievable
- anticipated
- assuring
- attainable
- believeable
- conceivable
- conjecturable
- credible
- destined
- disposed
- expected
- fair
- favorite
- feasible
- given to
- imaginable
- in favor of
- in the cards
- in the habit of
- inclined
- inferable
- liable
- odds-on
- on the verge of
- ostensible
- plausible
- possible
- practicable
- predisposed
- presumable
- promising
- prone
- rational
- reasonable
- seeming
- subject to
- supposable
- tending
- thinkable
- true
- up-and-coming
- verisimilar
- workable
more coming
adjective. approaching, promising
- about to happen
- advancing
- almost on one
- anticipated
- aspiring
- at hand
- certain
- close
- converging
- deserving
- docking
- drawing near
- due
- en route
- eventual
- expected
- fated
- foreseen
- forthcoming
- future
- gaining upon
- getting near
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- in prospect
- in store
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- instant
- marked
- near
- nearing
- next
- nigh
- oncoming
- ordained
- predestined
- preparing
- progressing
- prospective
- pursuing
- running after
- subsequent
- to be
- up-and-coming
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