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Definitions

up-and-coming

[uhp-uhn-kuhm-ing] / ˈʌp ənˈkʌm ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
rising
Synonyms
STRONGEST
promising
WEAK
ambitious climbing coming on strong determined eager enterprising get up and go go-getter high-reaching hungry soaring striving succeeding

Example Sentences

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From up-and-coming neighborhoods in Paris with more affordable restaurants to beaches without the prices of the Riviera, here are five tips for visiting France as a French person would.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

So yet again, Michaels and the “Saturday Night Live” producers placed an up-and-coming performer in the role of scandal laundering.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Gunn is also credited with helping establish the Disney Writers Program in 2001, where he championed and mentored up-and-coming writers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

We can howl about how this stuff hurts the business of up-and-coming fighters, but aging punchers grabbing late checks is a staple of the trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Well, that’s just perfect, inasmuch as I am up-and-coming too.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.