According to the radio, a storm is imminent in the North.
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Imminent
//ˈɪmɪnənt//
Synonyms for "imminent" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
close at handimmediateimpendinginevitableabout to beabusiveadvancingalarmingalready in sightanticipatedapproachingapproximateapproximativeat handattractedattracted toawaitedbludgeoningblusteringbrewing
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
in prospectin reservein storein the cardsin the offingin the windin viewineluctableinescapableinevasibleinstantintimidatingjust around the cornerlaterlikelylong-expectedloomingloweringlurkingmenacing
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minaciousminatorymomentarynearnear at handnearingnighominouson the horizononcomingoverdueoverhangingpendingpipelineplannedplottedpossiblepotentialpredictedpreparingpresumedprobableprojectedpromisedprophesiedprospectiveproximatesinisterterroristicterrorizingthat will bethreateningthreatfulto cometo-beultimateunavoidableupcomingwaiting
Adjective(2 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَشِيك adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Belarusian
4 entries- надыхо́дзячы adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- неадхі́льны adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- неміну́чы adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- няўхі́льны adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Bulgarian
2 entries- немину́ем adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- предстоя́щ adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Catalan
1 entries- imminent adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 即將來臨 /即将来临 adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Czech
1 entries- bezprostřední adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Dutch
2 entries- dreigend adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- imminent adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Finnish
1 entries- tuleva adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
French
1 entries- imminent adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Galician
1 entries- inminente adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
German
1 entries- bevorstehend adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Greek
1 entries- επικείμενος adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Ido
1 entries- minac-anta adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Italian
1 entries- imminente adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Korean
2 entries- 절박하다 adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- 절박한 adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Latvian
3 entries- draudošs adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- gaidāms adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- nenovēršams adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Māori
1 entries- raraka adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- nært forestående adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- overhengende adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- umiddelbart forestående adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Persian
1 entries- قریبالوقوع adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dreiwent adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Polish
2 entries- bliski adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- nadciągający adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Portuguese
1 entries- iminente adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Romanian
1 entries- iminent adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Russian
4 entries- надвига́ющийся adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- неизбе́жный adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- немину́емый adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- предстоя́щий adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भविष्य adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- iminentno adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- neizbježno adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- neminovno adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- neposredno adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Spanish
1 entries- inminente adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Swedish
2 entries- nära förestående adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
- överhängande adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Ukrainian
1 entries- немину́чий adj (about to happen, occur, or take place very soon)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A storm is imminent.
Source: tatoeba (241717)
He prepared for his imminent departure.
Source: tatoeba (292933)
Death is imminent.
Source: tatoeba (1260154)
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