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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“Dear America, if I start investing when I am 16. Nine. Seven. It could change my future. All our futures,” young narrators say.

From MarketWatch

Chinese gold ETFs notched record inflows last year, and gold futures trading volumes at the Shanghai Futures Exchange also reached a new annual high, the World Gold Council said.

From The Wall Street Journal

For me it means all the lessons of success, all of the opportunities that we managed to overcome, and the possibilities for the future.

From Salon

Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo’s chief executive, acknowledges the risks of lurching into an unknowable future, but tells the author that “the risk of not going fast enough is far greater at this point.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But watching his chaotic and electrifying week unfold was just as – if not more – interesting than watching the AI assistant bots discuss a “post-human” future on Moltbook.

From The Wall Street Journal

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