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. Impendingadjective

   Synonyms:
   Imminent, threatening. See Imminent.

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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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How to use impending in a sentence?

1. Bharavi:

   The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.

2. Chief Davis:

   After reviewing various sources of information involving this incident, I have found that it is necessary to take immediate and appropriate action, today, the department is serving notice to the officers involved of the impending administrative actions.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   If you can’t get your targets to vote for a positive vision of the future, convince them to vote against a vision of impending doom.