Antonyms for future
ˈfyu tʃərfu·ture

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1. future

   Antonyms:
   gone, bygone, past

   Synonyms:
   forthcoming, coming, advenient

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1. future, hereafter, futurity, time to comenoun

   the time yet to come

   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

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

2. future, future tensenoun

   a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

   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

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

3. futureadjective

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

   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

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

4. futureadjective

   yet to be or coming

   "some future historian will evaluate him"

   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

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

5. futureadjective

   effective in or looking toward the future

   "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"

   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)

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

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"

   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

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. history

   history is record of the past so the opposite of the past would be the future

   Submitted by acronimous on September 7, 2014  

How to use future in a sentence?

1. Geert Wilders:

   There is no future any more (for the EU).

2. Brandon Vessey:

   What we learn will inform how future exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit are performed. This will help ensure that our astronaut crews can work effectively through challenges unique to long-duration spaceflight, including communication delays.

3. Stan Collender:

   This could be the beginning of the end of the congressional budget office if it loses credibility, it's not clear that whoever the Republicans pick will be nonpartisan. The fact that it's been relatively true in the past doesn't mean it's going to continue in the future.

4. Atul Khare:

   We need to find these culprits who bring a bad name to peacekeeping, who actually create problems within the country in which they find themselves, and most importantly who destroy young, innocent lives and we need to punish them in such a manner that nobody else in the future will ever think of doing that.

5. Sheila Deese:

   Lucas Fowler had plans for the future. Lucas Fowler were meant to be, she loved him very much.

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