impending

Plural: impendings

Verb

• be imminent or about to happen
  • "Changes are impending"
• present participle and gerund of impend

Adjective Satellite

• close in time; about to occur
  • "his impending retirement"

Adj

• Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

Noun

• Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.

Examples

• I have no time right now because of an impending paper submission deadline.
• The hurricane is impending.

Synonyms

at hand, close at hand, imminent, impend, impendent, around the corner, forthcoming, impending, in the offing, in the wind, instant, on the boil, pending, proximate, to come, toward, upcoming

Antonyms

happening

Related Words

approaching, brewing, looming, soon

Anagrams of impending