future

[fyoo-cher] / ˈfyu tʃər /

ADJECTIVE

to come; expected

Synonyms

STRONGEST

eventual forthcoming imminent impending planned prospective subsequent ultimate

STRONG

approaching coming final inevitable unfolding

WEAK

booked budgeted close at hand coming up destined down the line down the pike down the road fated from here in from here on from here to eternity from now on in in the cards in the course of time in the offing just around the corner later likely looked toward near next scheduled to-be ulterior unborn up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant later past

NOUN

time to come

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destiny fate millennium outlook prospect

STRONG

eternity expectation futurity hereafter infinity morrow offing posterity tomorrow

WEAK

aftertime afterward by-and-by life to come subsequent time to-be world to come

Antonyms

WEAK

past

Example Sentences

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But neither of them much resembles their pre-1980 identities today, and what they will look like in the future is anyone’s guess.

From Salon

Sochi and Pyeongchang had their own problems, but the future of the Olympics looked especially bleak after the Beijing Games, staged inside a bubble sealed off from the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the entire market is facing a future without the key ingredient that fueled much of its famed gains—nearly 40 years of declining interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

However his struggles with hearing meant "his family worried greatly about his future prospects".

From BBC

Experts warn climate change increases the risk of major pollution events in future on busier and more hazardous seas.

From BBC

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