imminent[adjective]Synonyms: near, at hand, close, coming, forthcoming, gathering, impending, in the pipeline, looming
Contrasted words: distant, far-off, remote
Related Idioms: in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view
Related Words: approaching,
coming,
nearing,
upcoming,
brewing,
gathering,
pending,
likely,
possible,
probable,
ineluctable,
inescapable,
inevasible,
inevitable,
unavoidable,
unescapable,
alarming,
ominous,
sinister,
minatory [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
im‧mi‧nent /ˈɪmənənt, ˈɪmɪnənt/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: present participle of imminere 'to stick out, threaten']
an event that is imminent, especially an unpleasant one, will happen very soon
imminent danger/threat/death/disaster etc
He was in imminent danger of dying. A new trade agreement is imminent.—imminence noun [uncountable]:
the imminence of the General Election—imminently adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲