on the horizon

ADJECTIVE

imminent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

forthcoming immediate impending inevitable likely looming possible probable unavoidable

WEAK

about to happen approaching brewing close coming expectant fast-approaching following gathering in store in the air in the cards in the offing in the wind in view ineluctable inescapable inevasible menacing near nearing next nigh on its way on the verge overhanging see it coming threatening to come unescapable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoidable distant escapable later never unlikely

WEAK

doubtful far future

ADJECTIVE

impending

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approaching brewing imminent looming

STRONG

coming gathering hovering menacing near nearing overhanging portending threatening

WEAK

at hand in the cards in the offing in the wind looking to ominous proximate see it coming waiting to

Antonyms

STRONG

gone past

WEAK

distant later never remote

Example Sentences

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Nor is SpaceX the only mega-IPO lurking on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Gupta advises that investors stay patient, as better buying opportunities could be on the horizon later.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

All of this is the background for the teachers' pay wrangling, with the threat of a strike ballot on the horizon in the autumn.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Powerful new cholesterol-lowering drugs are on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Nokomis, Mama, Deydey, Pinch, Angeline, and Omakayas all ran outside, gazed on the horizon, and saw the crackling and snapping waves of the ice.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

on the horizon

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