future
What's yet ahead
Future is the time that hasn't happened yet—what lies ahead.
As an adjective, it describes things yet to come: future generations, future plans, my future self.
A person's future is their prospects or destiny: She has a bright future.
In grammar, future tense indicates actions that will occur.
In finance, futures are contracts to buy or sell commodities at a predetermined price on a specified date.
The day after today
- soonIn brief time
- eventuallyAt a later time
- afterwardAt a subsequent time
- laterAt a subsequent time
hereafter · forthcoming · upcoming · imminent · impending · horizon · long-term · distant
Prediction of future conditions
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- projectionSomething that extends outward
scenario · modeling · trend · extrapolation · anticipation · speculation · prognostication · oracle
Not yet discovered
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- riskPossibility of harm
- contingencyUncertain possible event
probability · possibility · indeterminate · open-ended · unwritten · uncharted · speculative · aleatory
Desire for achievement
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- goalsIntended end results
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- visionAbility to see
hope · promise · potential · success · achievement · prosperity · legacy · purpose
Strained or nervous
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- verbAction-expressing word
- aspectFeature or dimension
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
modal · shall · will · marker · indicative · subjunctive · infinitive · participle
Applied scientific methods
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressMovement toward improvement
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
discovery · automation · robotics · biotechnology · nanotechnology · sustainability · cybernetics · transhumanism
tomorrow
The day after today
- soonIn brief time
- eventuallyAt a later time
- afterwardAt a subsequent time
later · hereafter · forthcoming · upcoming · imminent · impending · horizon · long-term · distant · near-term
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- prognosisPredicted disease course
projection · scenario · modeling · trend · extrapolation · anticipation · speculation · prognostication · oracle · divination
unknown
Not yet discovered
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- riskPossibility of harm
contingency · probability · possibility · indeterminate · open-ended · unwritten · uncharted · speculative · aleatory · variable
ambition
Desire for achievement
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- goalsIntended end results
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
vision · hope · promise · potential · success · achievement · prosperity · legacy · purpose · destiny
tense
Strained or nervous
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- verbAction-expressing word
- aspectFeature or dimension
auxiliary · modal · shall · will · marker · indicative · subjunctive · infinitive · participle · progressive
technology
Applied scientific methods
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressMovement toward improvement
- breakthroughSudden important advance
invention · discovery · automation · robotics · biotechnology · nanotechnology · sustainability · cybernetics · transhumanism · singularity
futurecompleted
Fully finished
accomplished · realized · actualized · established · settled
- in the futureAt a subsequent time
- bright futureAnticipated success and happiness
- future perfectTense for prior completion
- future proofResistant to obsolescence
- near future
- distant futureTime very far ahead
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