future

  • (a) yet to be or coming
    • some future historian will evaluate him
  • (s) effective in or looking toward the future
    • he was preparing for future employment opportunities
  • (s) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
    • our next president
    succeeding, next,
  • (a) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
    • future auxiliary

Nouns

  • (n) the time yet to come futurity, time to come, hereafter,
  • (n) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future future tense,
  • (n) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

Synonyms

futurity time to come hereafter future tense succeeding next

Antonyms

past past times yesteryear present

See also

incoming prospective

Words of close approximity

future date future day futureless future perfect future perfect tense future progressive future progressive tense futures contract futures exchange futures market future tense