Thesaurus:impending
English
Adjective
Sense: about to happen
Synonyms
- around the corner (idiomatic)
- at hand
- forthcoming
- imminent
- impendent
- impending
- in the offing (idiomatic)
- in the wind (idiomatic)
- instant (dated)
- on the boil
- pending
- upcoming
- proximate
- to come
- toward (dated)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Various
- approaching
- brewing (figuratively)
- looming (figuratively)
See also
Further reading
- “152. destiny” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “impending” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.