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. Imminent

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1. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   As long as we think that there is an imminent (terrorist) threat, we need the state of emergency, i hope the state of emergency will have the shortest duration possible but at the same time that it will be in place long enough to ensure the French people are protected.

2. Brenda Kelly:

   It now seems likely that the present stimulus programme could be extended beyond September 2016 and the spectre of negative rates could well be imminent, as we have come to expect from the head of the ECB, Draghi is leaning towards pro-action rather than reaction.

3. Adam Sarhan:

   So far, both the economic data and earnings data has been weaker-than-expected and so that means that an imminent rate hike is most likely off the table.

4. Frank Lloyd Wright:

   Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

5. Jay Lowder:

   While no one wants the government regulating their religious freedoms there must be laws to protect against any form of religion that prevents a child from receiving care when there is the likelihood of imminent danger.