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| Main Entry: | impending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forthcoming |
| Synonyms: | approaching, at hand, coming, gathering, imminent, looming, menacing, near, nearing, ominous, proximate, threatening, brewing, handwriting-on-the-wall, hovering, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, looking to, on the horizon, overhanging, portending, see it coming, waiting to |
| Antonyms: | distant, later, never, remote |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| Main Entry: | dangerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazardous, troubling |
| Synonyms: | alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked, dangersome, jeopardous, on collision course, parlous |
| Antonyms: | careful, guarded, safe, secure, untroubled, unhazardous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by fate |
| Synonyms: | destined, doomed, imminent, impending, inescapable, inevitable, predetermined, unavoidable, decided by fate, foreordained, in the stars, predestined, prejudged, preordained |
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap*, oncoming, open, pending, prospective, ready, upcoming, awaited, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, predestined, resulting |
| Antonyms: | bygone, distant, gone, past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
| Synonyms: | approaching, booked, coming, destined, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, imminent, impending, inevitable, later, likely, near, next, planned, prospective, subsequent, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, up, budgeted, close at hand, coming up, down the line, down the pike, down the road, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, just around the corner, looked toward, scheduled, to be, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | inauspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ominous, unpromising |
| Synonyms: | bad, baleful, baneful, black, dire, discouraging, evil, fateful, foreboding, ill-boding, impending, inopportune, sinister, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, untimely, untoward, ill-omened, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, favorable, fortunate, lucky, promising |
| Main Entry: | inevitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain; cannot be avoided |
| Synonyms: | assured, binding, compulsory, decided, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, imminent, impending, in the bag*, ineluctable, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, obligatory, ordained, pat*, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, all locked up, decreed, for certain, foreordained, ineludible, no ifs ands or buts, unpreventable, without recourse |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, doubtful, fortuitous, uncertain, unlikely, unsure, escapable, preventable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | menacing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intimidating, ominous |
| Synonyms: | alarming, approaching, dangerous, frightening, imminent, impending, looming, lowering, threatening, intimidatory, louring, minacious, minatory, overhanging |
| Antonyms: | assisting, helping, aiding, unthreatening |
| Main Entry: | nearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching |
| Synonyms: | coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming, advancing, approximating |
| Antonyms: | gone, past, departing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | ominous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | menacing, foreboding |
| Synonyms: | apocalyptic, baleful, baneful, dangerous, dark, dire, direful, dismal, doomed, fateful, fearful, forbidding, gloomy, grim, haunting, hostile, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, inauspicious, inhospitable, lowering, malign, perilous, portentous, prescient, prophetic, sinister, suggestive, threatening, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, augural, clouded, doomful, malefic, malificent, minatory, precursive, premonitory, presaging, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, happy, lucky, promising, propitious |
| Main Entry: | pending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | about to happen |
| Synonyms: | awaiting, continuing, dependent, forthcoming, hanging, imminent, impending, indeterminate, ominous, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, up in the air, in line, in the balance, in the offing, in the works, on board, on line, pensile |
| Antonyms: | improbable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | portentous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting; foreboding |
| Synonyms: | alarming, amazing, apocalyptic, astounding, destined, doomed, exhilarating, extraordinary, fated, fateful, haunting, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, important, inauspicious, inspiring, intriguing, ominous, phenomenal, prophetic, remarkable, suggestive, threatening, thrilling, augural, premonitory |
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | threatening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | menacing, ominous |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, close, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impending, inauspicious, looming, lowering, near, portentous, sinister, ugly, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning, cautionary, comminatory, impendent, intimidatory, loury, lowery, minacious, minatory, overhanging, portending, scowling, terrorizing |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | unavoidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound to happen |
| Synonyms: | certain, compulsory, fated, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, necessary, obligatory, set, sure, ineludible, inevasible, locked up, open and shut, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, escapable |
| Main Entry: | approaching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearing |
| Synonyms: | at hand, coming, convergent, imminent, impending, advancing, drawing near, moving closer |
| Antonyms: | passing, remote, receding |
| Main Entry: | looming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | approaching, imminent, impending, appearing, emerging |
| Main Entry: | at hand |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | within reach |
| Synonyms: | accessible, close, imminent, impending, nearby |
| Antonyms: | far |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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