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Synonyms for future
ˈfyu tʃərfu·ture

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. future

    Synonyms:
    forthcoming, coming, advenient

    Antonyms:
    gone, bygone, past

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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 Synonymes0.0 / 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

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Future":

    Nayvadius Wilburn, Nayvadius Cash, Nayvadius D. Wilburn

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How to use future in a sentence?

  1. Peter Tonagh:

    We live in a time where trusted, unbiased news is more important than ever, aAP has always delivered on that and we are committed to seeing that continue into the future.

  2. Lewis Mumford:

    Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

  3. Sun Yang:

    I have taken many doping tests during years of training and competition and I had never failed one before, i was shocked and depressed at that time, but at the same time it made me cherish my sporting life even more. I will take it as a lesson and be more careful in the future.

  4. Rene Smulders:

    Europe's process-based legislation creates problems and is not suitable for the future.

  5. Corine Fairbanks:

    Women are the link between the past, present, and the future. We are the connection between the Earth, the Water, and the Moon. How the Earth and Water is treated will be how women are treated, and vice versa


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