future
future is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. "Lay the future open." Shak.
- 2.The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.
- 3.(Gram.) A future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abode
- about
- after
- afterwards
- all
- apotheosis
- approach
- await
- beatific
- beyond
- blessed
- bliss
- brewing
- celestial
- certainly
- chance
- close
- come
- coming
- darkness
- date
- death
- deification
- destiny
- distance
- doom
- eftsoons
- elysian
- embryo
- ensue
- eternal
- eventually
- everlasting
- existence
- expectation
- face
- follow
- following
- for
- foreordain
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is future.
- What is time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. "Lay the future open." Shak called?
- What is the possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him called?
- What is a future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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