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. Erik Pevernagie:

   We may do well to be attentive to the good and the bad vibrations in life. Since elephants use their feet to listen to vibrations and thus capture significant codes of impending peril, they might coach humans and teach them how to become “surefooted” in hazardous times. Keeping feet on the ground, however, should not hinder us from flying high and reaching soaring heights. ("Trompe le pied.")

2. 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.

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. Hans Mikkelsen:

   The key reason for this weakness is that our market has transitioned from too much money chasing too few bonds to too many bonds chasing too little money, that shift is motivated by the impending Fed rate hiking cycle as issuance, M&A and other shareholder-friendly activity has been accelerated, while at the same time demand has declined.

5. Shane Oliver:

   The trade war issue is coming up to a critical junction because of that impending implementation of those tariffs.