Synonyms for future
Another word for future is early, coming or future-day. Below are 19 synonyms and 11 related words across 6 senses, with antonyms.
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1. adjective: yet to be or coming
- early synonyms
- coming synonyms
- future-day
- in store
- rising synonyms
- upcoming
- emerging synonyms
- approaching synonyms
- incoming synonyms
- prospective synonyms
- forthcoming synonyms
- prox
- proximo
Antonyms
- past synonyms
- present synonyms
2. adjective: effective in or looking toward the future
- prospective synonyms
3. adjective: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
- next synonyms
- succeeding synonyms
- incoming synonyms
4. noun: the time yet to come
- time to come
- hereafter synonyms
- futurity
Antonyms
5. noun: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- future tense
6. noun: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- tomorrow
- kingdom come
- offing
- manana
- tense synonyms
- trade good
- oil future
- wheat future
- petroleum future
- commodity
- soybean future
Future in word games
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Questions people ask
What is another word for future?
You can say early, coming, future-day, in store or rising instead of future. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "yet to be or coming".
What is the opposite of future?
The opposite of future is past or present.
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