Synonyms for impending
im·pend·ing

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1. impendingadjective

   Synonyms:
   imminent

2. impendingadjective

   Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

   Synonyms:
   imminent

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1. impending

   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:
   imminent, threatening

   Antonyms:
   chimerical, contingent, doubtful, improbable, problematical, unexpected, unlikely

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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. impendingadjective

   Synonyms:
   imminent, threatening

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1. List of paraphrases for "impending":

   imminent, forthcoming, upcoming, looming, next

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1. John Kilduff:

   Tensions are so high in that region with the impending Iran-U.S. nuclear deal that any event implied to be U.S.-linked has an immediate effect on oil prices.

2. Alon Orstein:

   We were very interested in how we could do something truly different in the love and relationship space, the notion of this 90-day ticking clock for a major, life-changing decision was intriguing to us. While many of the shows in this genre at the time were produced in a manufactured setting, we were drawn to the real-life roller coaster journeys of these couples and their impending deadlines.

3. Marc Abraham:

   I think he had a profound sadness in him, tom [Hiddleston, the actor portraying Williams] puts across that impending sense of doom. Hank felt there was something bad around the corner.

4. John Mullins:

   The unicorns of today have been staying private for much longer than the norm because of the availability of capital from sovereign wealth funds and big companies like Fidelity, but at some point, you have to go public. Investors want a return. That's why we're seeing this rash of impending IPOs.

5. Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos:

   My feelings would never change, but... now she was gone, and this thought meant more to me than the impending destruction of the world.