Antonyms for imminent

Grammar : Adj

Spell : im-uh-nuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm ə nənt

Definition of imminent

Origin : 1520s, from Middle French imminent (14c.) and directly from Latin imminentem (nominative imminens), present participle of imminere "to overhang; impend, be near, be at hand," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount (n.)). Related: Imminently.

adj at hand, on the way

Example sentences :

From the very beginning of the session their overthrow was imminent.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

The country doctor had come, too, finding Tillie's trial not imminent.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

With great difficulty and imminent danger he succeeded in reaching her.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Within the bounds of possibility, their turn to stumble might now be imminent.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

For a moment they were tense with the tenseness of imminent death.
Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner

Involuntarily, Clayton squared himself, as if an attack were imminent.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

The second proved that the danger threatening her daughter was real, imminent.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Borrow was imminent after Jefferies—Borrow, Thoreau, and sorrow.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

They were the men of the larboard watch, waiting for eight bells which was imminent.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

It was a characteristic Hooverian achievement in the face of imminent disaster.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

Synonyms for imminent

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