inbound

Examples

• All

• The tunnel will reopen at 6 a.m. with two inbound and two outbound lanes.

  Blog text (15)

• I made myself some coffee and drank it by the kitchen window, listening to the inbound city traffic build up half a mile away.

  Fiction book (1994)

• In the future, I predict more inbound calls, not less.

  Blog text (29)

• Sir, we have six Japanese missiles inbound.

  Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

• - The planes are inbound!

  Tropic Thunder (2008)

• I checked with the telephone company and apparently all inbound calls are transferred to some call center in India.

  Blog text (26)

• We're tracking 26 ships inbound to Cuba.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Helicopter is inbound to the evac point.

  Land of Bad (2024)

• On the boat, as it heels and turns, passing the red marker buoy inbound for the harbor.

  Fiction book (2001)

• We monitored the inbound traffic flow as the rush hour began.

Synonyms

I

incoming

vsinbound

80 3.2

Arriving at a place, often new to it

is about moving toward a central point or station rather than new arrival status

I

inward

vsinbound

4 2.7

Moving toward the inside or center

is used for movement toward a place or hub rather than general direction

I

inward-moving

vsinbound

6.3

Moving toward the center when turning or spinning

focuses on movement toward a place such as a city or station

I

inbounds

vsinbound

• Specialized

5.5

People or items that arrive from outside into a place

focuses on movement toward a central point rather than arrival of external items

I

inflowing

vsinbound

4.3

Liquid or gas that moves into a space

is used for movement toward a place or station rather than fluid flow

Antonyms

O

outbound

11 3.5

Moving away from a place, usually from the starting point

How Close

approaching

11 2.7

inbound

24 3.3

outbound

11 3.5

departing

1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology