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. Jonathan ForetEight:

   Just like Noah, we've been given some information about what is going to happen in the future, and we can prepare for that future, or we can decide to dismiss the facts, what we decide to do will directly impact the future of our families and our communities. Me, I'm going to build a boat. Facts don't change based on my ability to stomach them.

2. George Orwell:

   He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.

3. Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger:

   We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values.

4. Warren Bennis:

   You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

5. Scott Morrison:

   The impact we're here to talk about today is a huge investment in Australia's future. Not just our energy future, not just our climate future, but our economic future.