Meanings
comparative more up-and-coming · superlative most up-and-coming · alternative up and coming
- idiomaticEmerging; aspiring; beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim.
The theater likes to feature up-and-coming singers and comedians.
1 more example
A faculty member at my college had been impressed and invited this up-and-coming young feminist to speak in the common room of one of our dorms, months before her book would go supernova in North America.
2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 344
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveworking hard to promote an enterprise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French émergent, prometteur
- émergentemerging, aspiring
- prometteuremerging, aspiring
German aufstrebend, ehrgeizig
- aufstrebendemerging, aspiring
- ehrgeizigemerging, aspiring
- vielversprechendemerging, aspiring
Greek ανερχόμενος
- ανερχόμενος (anerchómenos)emerging, aspiring
Hungarian feltörekvő
- feltörekvőemerging, aspiring
Polish dobrze rokujący
- dobrze rokującyemerging, aspiring
Spanish en alza
- en alzaemerging, aspiring
Cite this entry
up-and-coming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-and-coming
“up-and-coming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-and-coming. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up-and-coming,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-and-coming.
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