IMMINENCE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

imminence

noun

ˈi-mə-nən(t)s

as in threat

something that may cause injury or harm since the end of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation has seemed to be a less likely imminence

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Recent Examples of imminence Of course, the imminence of the potential attack in Michigan being the impetus to bring the whole network down. —

Sarah Boxer, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025 The imminence of the Indigenous language Rục’s disappearance is mirrored by Vietnamese words appearing in their typographic visuality on a black background, casting a tension between orality and textuality, spirituality and materiality. —

Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025 The general public seems to agree about the imminence of conscious AI. —

Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025 Second, and related to the first, the prophecies tend to concern things with minimal social relevance—an acorn about to fall, the imminence of a blue car, a word someone will speak. —

Literary Hub, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for imminence

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Noun

Walter Urbon then flew out to right to end the threat.

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
At its height nearly 20 years ago, India’s leader described the Maoists as the country’s biggest internal security threat, a blight on its status as the world’s largest democracy and its aspirations of becoming a global power.

— Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026