impendent

1. 1.

   close in time; about to occur

   “retribution is at hand”

   “some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand”

   “in imminent danger”

   “his impending retirement”

   Synonymsat handclose at handimminentimpending

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Questions about impendent

What does impendent mean?

impendent means "close in time; about to occur".

How many syllables are in impendent?

impendent has 3 syllables: im-pen-dent. The stress falls on "im".

What is another word for impendent?

Close synonyms include at hand, close at hand, imminent, impending. 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 impendent a common word?

impendent 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.