adj. Function: adjective
1 about to take place FF1C; their departure is imminent FF1E;
Synonyms: impending, proximate
Related Words: approaching, coming, nearing, upcoming; brewing, gathering; pending; likely, possible, probable; ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, unavoidable, unescap-able
Idioms: in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view
Contrasted Words: distant, far-off, remote
2 menacingly near FF1C; a thunderstorm was imminent FF1E;
Synonyms: lowering ( or louring), lowery ( or loury), menacing, overhanging, threatening
Related Words: alarming, ominous, sinister; brewing, gathering; minatory