States and conditions

Synonyms for imminent

The synonym for imminent recorded in this bank is impending, in the sense "close in time". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for imminent

impendingadjective, in the sense "close in time"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for imminent.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

close in time

In imminent danger.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

impending

Same sentence, swapped: In impending danger.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

probable
overdue
intimidating

Where imminent turns up in the game

imminent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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