Synonyms for future
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Coming
Other
forthcoming, prospective, upcoming, to come, towards, approaching, unborn, hereafter dated, futural rare, futurous rare
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
Future generations will either laugh or cry at our stupidity.
- n. 1
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Forms
- Plural
- futures → futurities…
Example sentences
- next The baseball team is certain to win the next game.
- coming The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic.
- succeeding Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.
- towards There's a trend these days towards small families.
- upcoming Aren't you going to vote in the upcoming election?
- prospective The company invited their prospective customers to the party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| future | steady | |
| next | rising | |
| coming | rising | |
| succeeding | falling | |
| towards | rising | |
| upcoming | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- next1
- 6 letters
- coming2, unborn2
- 7 letters
- towards2, futural
- 8 letters
- upcoming3, futurity, futurous
- 9 letters
- hereafter3
- 10 letters
- succeeding3
- 11 letters
- approaching3, prospective3, forthcoming3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (coming2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- futur
- Español
- entrante
- Deutsch
- bevorstehend
- Català
- futur