impending
The word “impending” has 3 syllables: im-pen-ding
It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for impending?
In the thesaurus, “impending” has 51 synonyms and 48 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for impending along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for impending
- advancing
- anticipated
- apocalyptic
- apocalyptical
- approaching
- around the corner
- at hand
- awaited
- brewing
- closing in
- coming
- drawing on
- expected
- foreseen
- forthcoming
- future
- gathering
- hanging
- hovering
- imminent
- in the cards
- in the offing
- in the wind
- inevitable
- likely
- looking to
- looming
- louring
- lowering
- menacing
- near
- nearing
- ominous
- on hand
- on tap
- on the horizon
- oncoming
- overhanging
- pending
- portending
- portentous
- possible
- predicted
- probable
- proximate
- see it coming
- threatening
- to come
- unavoidable
- upcoming
- waiting to
Antonyms for impending
- abating
- bygone
- de-escalating
- declining
- diminishing
- disappearing
- distant
- dwindling
- dying down
- ebbing
- erstwhile
- eventual
- fading
- falling
- falling back
- far-off
- foregone
- former
- gone
- late
- later
- lessening
- letting up
- lowering
- moderating
- never
- old
- onetime
- other
- passing
- past
- quondam
- receding
- recent
- relenting
- remitting
- remote
- retreating
- shrinking
- sometime
- subsiding
- tapering
- tapering off
- ultimate
- vanishing
- waning
- whilom
- withdrawing
Meanings of impending
- verb
- To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
- Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.
- To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent.
- To pay.
- noun
- Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
- adjective
- Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
Example Sentences
- The impending storm forced the city to issue an evacuation warning.
- Everyone felt the tension in the air, knowing that an impending decision would change everything.
- The impending arrival of the new CEO has everyone at the company on edge.
- With the impending deadline, the team pulled together to finish the project on time.
- The impending changes to the law will affect businesses across the country.
On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impending, such as: abating, advancing, anticipated, apocalyptic, apocalyptical, approaching, around the corner.
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Related Words
ulterior
- after
- ambiguous
- anticipated
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dangerous
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unavoidable
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near
- about
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- around
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- belly up
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- side-by-side
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- well-nigh
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nearest
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