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. Jeff Melvoin:

   As close as we are today, tomorrow when we come back from that battlefield, we will be as close as two men can possibly be, sharing a bond that can only be forged in the face of imminent disfigurement. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.

2. Chris Cuomo:

   It’s all B.S., i lived a situation like that and it does n’t have to be real, the threat, for you to believe it’s imminent.

3. Michael Gresty:

   The technique has been around for some time, we've been using it for a long time. And for these very small amounts of electricity that you're putting through the brain there are no reported unwanted side effects or interactions, so the chances of it becoming a commercially viable prospect are quite imminent really.

4. Mitch Prinstein:

   Research now reveals that social rejection activates the same regions of the brain that are known to respond to physical pain, and also expresses dormant DNA to prepare our bodies for imminent injury. Unfortunately, this response is no longer necessary, so the expression of these genes leaves us more vulnerable to viral infections and more likely to suffer from inflammation-related illnesses.

5. Lovely Warren:

   The current draft doesn't specify imminent, however, my recommendation would be to change that.