Futurity

/fjuːˈtjʊəɹɪti/

Synonyms for "futurity" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(3 words)
futurethe futuretime to come
aftertimeafteryearsapproachby-and-bycomingcourse aheadcrystal balldeterminism

Strong matches (17)

Noun(4 words)
duty to the futureexpectationfuture responsibilityhereafter

Related words (27)

immediate prospectimminenceimpendenceimpendencyloommanananear futureoffingoutlookposterioritypredictionprobabilityprojectprophecyprospectthe futurethe morrowthe sweet by-and-bytime aheadtime just ahead
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Noun(4 words)
moral obligationoutlookprospectto-be

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries
ethical concepttemporal concepttimetiming

More specific

8 entries
distant futureduty to future generationsimmediate futureintergenerational justicelong term prospectsnear futureoptimistic forecastshort term prospects

Collocations

6 entries
future prospectsfuture timefuturity of eventslong term futuritynear futuretime to come

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Charles's was just an exciting consciousness; and he paced the streets, sometimes roused into disdain of the busy and thoughtless crowd around, but oftener lost in gloomy dreams of that futurity whose depths he was so soon to explore.

Source: wiktionary

Now instead of reversing the levers I had pulled them over so as to go forward with them, and when I came to look at these indicators I found that the thousands hand was sweeping round as fast as the seconds hand of a watch, into futurity.

Source: wiktionary

[I]ts meaning is often tentative and fluctuates, but most often it indicates a level of uncertainty or doubt regarding futurity (”likely but not certain“)[.]

Source: wiktionary

[…] on this perhaps, This peradventure, infamous for lies, As on a rock of adamant, we build Our mountain hopes; spin out eternal schemes, As we the fatal sisters could out-spin, And, big with life’s futurities, expire.

Source: wiktionary

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