| Arrival 1. (n.) The act of reaching a destination, or coming to a place; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land. 2. (n.) The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected. 3. (n.) The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival. 4. (n.) An approach. Thesaurus Entries advent, appearance, approach, blind landing, comer, coming, coming in, do, emergence, entrance, entrant, go, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, intruder, issuance, landing, manifestation, migrant, newcomer, passenger, prosperity, settler, stack up, touchdown, tourist, traveller, visitant, visitor |