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. Victor Gensini:

   Our future projections of how severe weather may change in the future are really showing two things, they kind of show an earlier start to the severe weather season -- so more severe weather in February, more severe weather in March -- and then also sort of this eastward increase.

2. Doug Denmure:

   The dog was owned by my client and now it's part of her estate, and those are her wishes, as far as the future of the dog is concerned. Outsiders don't have the grounds to rewrite the provisions of my client's will and impose what they want.

3. Bob Casey:

   It’s bipartisan – that never happens around here on big bills, or rarely I should say. It would be a good start by Norfolk Southern to tell us today, in addition to what more they’re going to do for the people of Ohio and Pennsylvania, tell us today that they support the bill. That would help. If a major rail company said, ‘we support these reforms and will help you pass this bill,’ That’s what I think the people of both states deserve, we have a lot of work to do in the near term, but the future has to be about passing the Railway Safety Act.

4. John Malone:

   I almost see two lines that tend to go to the same point in the future, so they're not parallel, but when will these lines cross it depends on the evolution of the company and the corporate strategies of two different entities.

5. Maya Morena:

   I would like something more permanent in the future, a guarantee that I can't be put at risk to have my rights taken from me.