| oncoming(adjective, close, expected, future, thriving) |
| ordained(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| predestined(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| preparing(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| progressing(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| promising(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| prospective(adjective, expected, imminent, forthcoming, promising) |
| pursuing(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| subsequent(adjective, expected, imminent, forthcoming, promising) |
| to be(expression, adjective, expected, thriving, imminent) |
| up-and-coming(adjective, close, expected, future, imminent) |
| up and coming(expression, adjective, idiom, expected, thriving) |
| access(noun, advance, approach, way, path) |
| accession(noun, advance, approach, way, path) |
| advance(noun, verb, meet, approach, reach) |
| advent(noun, advance, approach, way, path) |
| avenue(noun, advance, approach, way, path) |
| belly up to |
| close in |
| compared with |