Definitions

on the horizon

ADJECTIVE

imminent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

forthcoming immediate impending inevitable likely looming possible probable unavoidable

WEAK

about to happen approaching brewing close coming expectant fast-approaching following gathering in store in the air in the cards in the offing in the wind in view ineluctable inescapable inevasible menacing near nearing next nigh on its way on the verge overhanging see it coming threatening to come unescapable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoidable distant escapable later never unlikely

WEAK

doubtful far future

ADJECTIVE

impending

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approaching brewing imminent looming

STRONG

coming gathering hovering menacing near nearing overhanging portending threatening

WEAK

at hand in the cards in the offing in the wind looking to ominous proximate see it coming waiting to

Antonyms

STRONG

gone past

WEAK

distant later never remote

Example Sentences

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Mizuho trading-desk analyst Jordan Klein told MarketWatch that there has been online chatter suggesting significant server CPU price hikes could be on the horizon.

From MarketWatch

“As I looked out at the distant lights glimmering on the horizon, I thought, we can only know ourselves by acting in the world. It is our conduct, the way we treat others, their men, whales, or fish, that our character will show itself. And I had not yet been fully tested.”

From Los Angeles Times

Perched on the horizon, the boat appears miniature and infinitely capsizable.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is some hope on the horizon in spring, though.

From BBC

Earlier this year the company’s CEO signaled to The Lawyer, an industry publication, that a splash into the public markets was on the horizon.

From MarketWatch

on the horizon

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