Synonyms of looms

looms

verb

present tense third-person singular of loom

as in brews

to be about to happen

he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brews
• impends
• hovers
• approaches
• nears
• threatens
• hangs
• advances
• draws on
• gathers
• closes in
• menaces
• lowers
• overhangs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falls
• recedes
• disappears
• diminishes
• shrinks
• fades
• vanishes
• wanes
• dwindles
• subsides
• tapers
• lowers
• lessens
• ebbs
• abates
• declines
• tapers off
• dies down
• remits
• relents
• moderates
• passes
• lets up
• withdraws
• retreats
• falls back
• de-escalates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of looms

The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Continue reading … WEATHER WARNING — Isaias becomes Atlantic's first hurricane as dangerous Gulf coast landfall looms. — FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

And that was before what looms Tuesday, when Sale can put the reigning two-time champion Dodgers — the team that supposedly broke baseball — on the brink of a very, very long offseason. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

While season two of the show, based mainly on The Long Game, looms closer, so does the next chapter in the Game Changers series, Unrivaled. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Democrats currently hold an edge in national House polling and in the CBS News Battleground Tracker model, which estimates a narrow Democratic majority after the midterm election, which looms just 30 days away. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

As next year looms closer, Light says there are still scores of unanswered questions about how the changeover will play out. — HubSpot, 1 Oct. 2026

As October looms, a young season is feeling older by the week. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026

But as the transfer date looms, the financial reality shifts dramatically. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026