| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening soon |
| Synonyms: | approaching, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, looming, nearing, next |
| Main Entry: | nearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching |
| Synonyms: | advancing, approximating, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, oncoming, threatening, upcoming |
| Antonyms: | departing, gone, leaving, past |
| Main Entry: | oncoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impending |
| Synonyms: | advancing, approaching, coming, expected, forthcoming, imminent, looming, nearing, onrushing, upcoming |
| Antonyms: | past, preceding |
| Main Entry: | threatening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | menacing, ominous |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious, intimidatory, looming, loury, lowering, lowery, minacious, minatory, near, overhanging, portending, portentous, scowling, sinister, terrorizing, ugly, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | minatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | threatening |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious, intimidatory, looming, loury, lowering, lowery, minacious, near, overhanging, portending, portentous, scowling, sinister, terrorizing, ugly*, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning |