Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "future" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

past past past present present

Coordinate Terms

forward

Derived Terms

Back to the Future Day Ghost of Christmas Future call-by-future cyberfuture futurable futural futurama future bass future continuous future contract future endeavor future funk future garage future history future house future interest future participle future perfect future perfect future perfect continuous future perfect progressive future progressive future proof future shock future simple future simple future studies future tense future war future-proof futured futurefic futureless futurelessness futurely futureness futureness futurepop futureproof futurescape futureward futurewards futureworld futurey futurism futurism futurist futurist futuristic futuritial futurition futurity futurity futurization futurize futurology futurous idea future in future in the future in the near future neofuturism nonfuture nonfuturistic pass-by-future paulo-post-future retro future retro future retrofuture retrofuturism retrofuturistic simple future synthetic future telefuture the future is now timetable future unfutured unfuturistic

Distinct From

happened now past pasta present yet

Etymologically Related To

be

Inflected/Variant Forms

futures

Context

computing finance grammar programming sports

Has Property

uncertain unclear

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

commodity good tense time trade good

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

impending long term near term short term subsequent

Type Of (IsA)

commodity tense time

Not Has Property

now for people

Related Terms

the future

Related Terms

after after now after present ahead back back to beyond beyond present beyond today come coming coming events coming up computers events experience fiction foresee forward forward time future tense futureless futurism futurist futuristic futurology happen incoming later later on later time minor league moment now object occur past past present period post post present potential prescient present promise prospect prospective range robots robots computers science science fiction shiny shiny things star star trek time time period time range time travel times today tomorrow travel trek up will will happen year year from years years away yet

Similar Terms

approaching approaching coming early early emerging emerging forthcoming forward future day future-day in store in store incoming prospective prospective prox proximo proximo rising upcoming

Synonym Network

succeeding

Used For

grow

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.