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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She's not the only one with new music on the horizon.

From BBC

Other happenings signal that significant changes may be on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Look ahead to the new year or a few years out and make sure you’re prepared for big expenses on the horizon such as medical needs, schooling for children, weddings or vacations, Smolkin said.

From MarketWatch

Its drones keep their cameras focused on the horizon, rather than the ground, until they are within a quarter-mile of the location they are responding to, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he said there was now hope on the horizon, potentially in the form of the town's homegrown heavy metal hero, a decade on from his death in 2015.

From BBC

on the horizon

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