Words that rhyme with timing

  • assuming
    adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: assumptive, assuming, presumptuous]
  • becoming
    adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] 2: displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"
  • blinding
    adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
  • bombing
    n 1: an attack by dropping bombs [syn: bombing, bombardment] 2: the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
  • buying
    n 1: the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" [syn: buying, purchasing]
  • calming
    n 1: the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of) [syn: appeasement, calming]
  • charming
    adj 1: pleasing or delighting; "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality" 2: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly]
  • climbing
    n 1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting]
  • clowning
    n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]
  • coming
    adj 1: of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming] n 1: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 2: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming] 3: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" [syn: approach, approaching, coming] 4: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse [syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]
  • disarming
    adj 1: capable of allaying hostility n 1: act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: disarming, disarmament] [ant: armament, arming, equipping]
  • drumming
    n 1: the act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day"
  • firing
    n 1: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire, firing] 2: the act of discharging a gun [syn: discharge, firing, firing off] 3: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation] 4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
  • forthcoming
    adj 1: at ease in talking to others [syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing] 2: of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming] 3: available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming"
  • frowning
    adj 1: showing displeasure or anger
  • gloaming
    n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]
  • grinding
    n 1: material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain" 2: a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) 3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]
  • homecoming
    n 1: an annual school or university reunion for graduates 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming]
  • homing
    adj 1: orienting or directing homeward or to a destination; "the homing instinct"; "a homing beacon"
  • housewarming
    n 1: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
  • incoming
    adj 1: arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail" [ant: outgoing] 2: entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the incoming president" [ant: outgoing] n 1: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
  • lemming
    n 1: any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
  • oncoming
    adj 1: moving toward one n 1: the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia" [syn: onset, oncoming]
  • priming
    n 1: the act of making something ready 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] 3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]
  • rhyming
    adj 1: having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" [syn: rhymed, rhyming, riming] [ant: rhymeless, rimeless, unrhymed, unrimed]
  • scheming
    adj 1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd] 2: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming]
  • shining
    adj 1: marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example" 2: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny] 3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining] n 1: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" [syn: shining, polishing]
  • shortcoming
    n 1: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming]
  • striving
    n 1: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain]
  • trimming
    n 1: the act of adding decoration; "the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree" 2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: trimming, trim, passementerie] 3: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim, trimming, clipping]
  • trying
    adj 1: hard to endure; "fell upon trying times" 2: extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office" [syn: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, trying]
  • unassuming
    adj 1: not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" [syn: retiring, unassuming]
  • unbecoming
    adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
  • upcoming
    adj 1: of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming]
  • fleming
    n 1: British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964) [syn: Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming] 2: Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) [syn: Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming] 3: a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
  • wyoming
    n 1: a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east [syn: Wyoming, Equality State, WY]
  • heartwarming
    adj 1: causing gladness and pleasure; "Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?"
  • coaming
    n 1: a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out
  • chiming
  • drowning
  • liming
  • miming
  • unforthcoming
  • cumming
  • kunming
  • diming

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