imminent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of IMMINENT

giving signs of immediate occurrence <a storm is imminent, so you should seek shelter now>

Synonyms impending, looming, pending, threatening

Related Words approaching, coming, forthcoming, future, near, nearing, oncoming, upcoming; brewing, gathering; likely, possible, probable; inevitable, unavoidable; apocalyptic (also apocalyptical), lowering, menacing, ominous, portentous; anticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted

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Near Antonyms distant, far-off, remote; eventual, ultimate; bygone, former, past; late, recent

being soon to appear or take place <an imminent development that should radically transform how we treat the disease>

Synonyms approaching, coming, imminent, impending, nearing, oncoming, pending, proximate, upcoming

Related Words future; anticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted

Near Antonyms bygone, erstwhile, foregone, former, old, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilom

Antonyms late, recent

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