imminency

Questions about imminency

What does imminency mean?

imminency means "the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon".

How many syllables are in imminency?

imminency has 4 syllables: im-mi-nen-cy. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for imminency?

Close synonyms include imminence, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imminency a common word?

imminency is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.