Synonyms of impends

impends

verb

present tense third-person singular of impend

as in looms

to be about to happen

for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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