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Future

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃə/

The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

📖 Definitions of "Future"

noun

1
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
2
Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
3
Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
"There is no future in dwelling on the past."
4
The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.

adjective

1
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
"Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity."

noun

18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
forthcomingnoun	Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
prospectivenoun	Likely or expected to happen or become.
proximo	Of next month.
ulterior	Beyond what is obvious or evident.
succeedingnoun	Following, next in order.
hereafternoun	From now on.
approachingnoun	The act of coming closer; an approach.
risingnoun	The act of something that rises.
futuritynoun	The future.
emergingnoun	Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
nextnoun	Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
earlynoun	Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
upcomingnoun	Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
later	Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
future tensenoun	(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.
future day	yet to come
time to comenoun	In the future; in the foreseeable future.
proxnoun	(US, Rhode Island) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
yorenoun	(poetic) A time long past.
pastnoun	The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
yesteryearnoun	(poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
past times	a United Kingdom high street retailer, specialising in gifts and retro style goods.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
futuritynoun	The future.
hereafternoun	From now on.
earlynoun	Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
subsequentnoun	Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
later	Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
forthcomingnoun	Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
upcomingnoun	Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
succeedingnoun	Following, next in order.
proximo	Of next month.
prospectivenoun	Likely or expected to happen or become.
nextnoun	Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
future tensenoun	(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.
incomingnoun	Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.
ulterior	Beyond what is obvious or evident.
comingnoun	The act of arriving; an arrival.
emergingnoun	Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
approachingnoun	The act of coming closer; an approach.
proxnoun	(US, Rhode Island) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
risingnoun	The act of something that rises.
future day	yet to come