outgoing

1. 1.

   leaving a place or a position

   “an outgoing steamship”

   Antonymsincoming

   Similaroutboundeffluentoutpast
2. 2.

   retiring from a position or office

   “the outgoing president”

   Antonymsincoming
3. 3.

   at ease in talking to others

   Synonymsextrovertedforthcoming

   Similarsociable

Questions about outgoing

What does outgoing mean?

outgoing means "leaving a place or a position". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outgoing?

outgoing has 3 syllables: o-ut-going. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌɡoʊɪŋ/.

What is another word for outgoing?

Close synonyms include extroverted, forthcoming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of outgoing?

The recorded antonyms are incoming, incoming.

Is outgoing a common word?

outgoing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with outgoing?

8 words rhyme with outgoing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.