Thesaurus:impending

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
• proximate
• to come
• toward (dated)

Antonyms

• happening

Hypernyms

• future    [⇒ thesaurus]
• possible    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• approaching
• brewing (figuratively)
• looming (figuratively)

See also

• Thesaurus:soon

Further reading

• “152. destiny” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “impending” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.