Synonyms for future
ˈfyu tʃərfu·ture

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. future

   Synonyms:
   forthcoming, coming, advenient

   Antonyms:
   gone, bygone, past

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. future, hereafter, futurity, time to comenoun

   the time yet to come

   Synonyms:
   time to come, future tense, afterlife, hereafter, futurity

   Antonyms:
   past, past times, yesteryear, retrospective, ago, gone, prehistoric, ult, quondam(a), medieval, previous(a), other(a), present(a), instant, former(a), departed, recent, agone, late(a), immediate, foregone, knightly, onetime(a), olden, bypast, ancient, bygone, latter-day, ultimo, then(a), one-time(a), sometime(a), historic, outgoing, prehistorical, early(a), existing, erstwhile(a), old, chivalric, inst, last(a), historical

2. future, future tensenoun

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

   Synonyms:
   time to come, future tense, hereafter, futurity

   Antonyms:
   yesteryear, past times, past, foregone, recent, chivalric, former(a), medieval, bypast, erstwhile(a), instant, ago, present(a), historic, olden, retrospective, last(a), knightly, late(a), ultimo, latter-day, inst, early(a), prehistoric, outgoing, onetime(a), other(a), immediate, gone, departed, bygone, agone, one-time(a), historical, quondam(a), prehistorical, previous(a), ult, existing, then(a), sometime(a), old, ancient

3. futureadjective

   bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

   Synonyms:
   time to come, future tense, hereafter, futurity

   Antonyms:
   past, past times, yesteryear, prehistorical, late(a), historic, sometime(a), agone, former(a), historical, chivalric, medieval, olden, one-time(a), foregone, departed, old, bypast, gone, ancient, knightly, ultimo, quondam(a), present(a), inst, other(a), instant, ult, latter-day, erstwhile(a), then(a), previous(a), ago, recent, existing, immediate, prehistoric, early(a), retrospective, last(a), bygone, onetime(a), outgoing

4. futureadjective

   yet to be or coming

   "some future historian will evaluate him"

   Synonyms:
   future(a), succeeding(a), next

   Antonyms:
   past times, past, yesteryear, late(a), prehistorical, foregone, medieval, retrospective, previous(a), onetime(a), one-time(a), sometime(a), former(a), other(a), immediate, latter-day, bygone, recent, departed, existing, present(a), gone, early(a), instant, ultimo, quondam(a), agone, knightly, chivalric, historic, prehistoric, ult, bypast, ago, historical, erstwhile(a), old, last(a), then(a), inst, ancient, olden, outgoing

5. futureadjective

   effective in or looking toward the future

   "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"

   Synonyms:
   future(a), succeeding(a), next

   Antonyms:
   yesteryear, past times, past, sometime(a), ancient, existing, outgoing, retrospective, onetime(a), inst, other(a), prehistoric, foregone, medieval, bygone, chivalric, ultimo, gone, historic, knightly, early(a), old, olden, one-time(a), then(a), bypast, former(a), quondam(a), ago, recent, instant, departed, late(a), last(a), immediate, previous(a), historical, agone, latter-day, erstwhile(a), ult, prehistorical, present(a)

6. future(a), next, succeeding(a)adjective

   (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

   "our next president"

   Antonyms:
   past, past times, yesteryear, sometime(a), olden, late(a), other(a), medieval, ancient, present(a), old, early(a), bypast, previous(a), ultimo, prehistorical, gone, then(a), historical, agone, former(a), onetime(a), latter-day, instant, quondam(a), inst, outgoing, chivalric, ago, bygone, prehistoric, knightly, existing, departed, foregone, erstwhile(a), recent, retrospective, one-time(a), last(a), immediate, ult, historic

7. futureadjective

   a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

   "future auxiliary"

   Synonyms:
   future(a), succeeding(a), next

   Antonyms:
   past times, past, yesteryear, historical, sometime(a), bypast, previous(a), prehistorical, medieval, former(a), onetime(a), late(a), outgoing, inst, knightly, erstwhile(a), one-time(a), early(a), old, gone, latter-day, other(a), quondam(a), chivalric, immediate, present(a), ultimo, bygone, last(a), foregone, prehistoric, departed, then(a), existing, recent, ult, retrospective, agone, olden, instant, historic, ancient, ago

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. futurenoun

   Synonyms:
   futurity, time to come

2. futureadjective

   Synonyms:
   coming, to come, yet to be, that will be

3. futureadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) denoting futurity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "future":

   forthcoming, next, coming, futures, prospective, tomorrow, upcoming, subsequent, ahead, 'avenir, futur, further, futuro, avenir, later, futura, forward, come, soon-to-be, zukunft, expectant, futuristic

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1. List of known nicknames for "Future":

   Nayvadius Wilburn, Nayvadius Cash, Nayvadius D. Wilburn

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1. Ewald Nowotny:

   It's especially dangerous to say that we have to have radical change otherwise everything will die, we know we will not have radical change in the near future... So the logic would be that Europe would have to collapse.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   It’s the one place we may need in the future if we capture a terrorist, and we want information, there’s a reason for a place like Guantanamo, no reason whatsoever to shut it… Why are we doing this?

3. Lillian Smith:

   To believe in something to yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives it is the only way we can leave the future open.

4. John Boehner:

   If the president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well. The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution.

5. North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple:

   Those two forces will come together at some point, hopefully not too far in the future, and we're going to have a stable price situation.