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. Wolf Blitzer:

   I worry less about what Ms. Tanden did in the past than what she's going to do in the future, i will be speaking to her early next week.

2. Jesse Mecham:

   Protect your future self from these uncertainties by prioritizing any extra dollars you have for your emergency fund.

3. Kim Forrest:

   None of us know what the future is, but given this moment, where we've gotten very conflicting data, it makes investors nervous, i think the final coup de grâce is the Federal Reserve and Federal Reserve tightening phase has made them even more nervous.

4. Stefano Baronci:

   They are faced with immediate cash flow pressures with limited ability to reduce fixed costs and few resources to fund capacity expansion efforts for longer-term future growth.

5. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   China's position is very clear. We believe Syria's future, its national system, including its leadership, should be decided and set by the people of Syria, china's role on the Syrian issue is to promote peace and negotiations ... China hopes to see peaceful, stable and developing Middle East.

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