Synonyms for Imminent
ˈɪm ə nəntim·mi·nent

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1. imminentadjective

   Synonyms:
   inevitable, immediate, impending

2. imminentadjective

   about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

   Synonyms:
   inevitable, immediate, impending

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1. imminent

   Imminent, from the Latin, with the sense of projecting over, signifies liable to happen at once, as some calamity, dangerous and close at hand. Impending, also from the Latin, with the sense of hanging over, is closely akin to imminent, but somewhat less emphatic. Imminent is more immediate, impending more remote, threatening more contingent. An impending evil is almost sure to happen at some uncertain time, perhaps very near; an imminent peril is one liable to befall very speedily; a threatening peril may be near or remote, but always with hope that it may be averted.

   Synonyms:
   impending, threatening

   Antonyms:
   chimerical, contingent, doubtful, improbable, problematical, unexpected, unlikely

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1. imminent

   Synonyms:
   impending, hovering, threatening

   Antonyms:
   warded, staved, escaped

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1. at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impendingadjective

   close in time; about to occur

   "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

   Antonyms:
   distant

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1. imminentadjective

   Synonyms:
   impending, threatening, impendent, near at hand

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1. List of paraphrases for "imminent":

   impending, forthcoming, upcoming, immediate

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1. Diane Toscano:

   But the administration could not be bothered, this tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action when they had knowledge of imminent danger.

2. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   Investors were relieved that there is no imminent tightening in Europe, the day after they were spooked by the U.S. Federal Reserve's hawkish stance.

3. North Korea:

   As far as the islands being something that could present a real imminent threat to the U.S. or South Korea.

4. Sir Francis Bacon, Of Empire:

   For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

5. Mike Moiseyev:

   When Questcor deprived [ babies ] of an imminent alternative in the form of Synacthen, they truly became victims of that scheme.