| incipient |
| indivertible |
| ineludible(certain, expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable) |
| inexorable(certain, expected, predictable, necessary, undeniable) |
| inflexible(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable) |
| irresistible(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable) |
| irrevocable(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable) |
| later |
| long-expected |
| lowering |
| lurking |
| marked(adjective, expected, forthcoming, promising, subsequent) |
| near-at-hand(adjective, warm, near, handy, nearby) |
| nearest(adjective, warm, near, handy, nearby) |
| nearly(adjective, adverb, close, warm, near) |
| neighboring(adjective, close, warm, near, handy) |
| no ifs ands or buts(expression, expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable) |
| obligatory(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable, undeniable) |
| on its way(expression, adjective, idiom, way, near) |
| on the verge(expression, adjective, idiom, way, near) |