IMMINENT


Meaning of IMMINENT in English

adjective

1.

about to take place

their departure is imminent

Synonyms: impending, proximate

Related Word: approaching, coming, nearing, upcoming; brewing, gathering; pending; likely, possible, probable; ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, unavoidable, unescapable

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

a thunderstorm was imminent

Synonyms: lowering ( or louring), lowery ( or loury), menacing, overhanging, threatening

Related Word: alarming, ominous, sinister; brewing, gathering; minatory

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