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| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
| Synonyms: | approaching, booked, coming, destined, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, imminent, impending, inevitable, later, likely, near, next, planned, prospective, subsequent, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, up, budgeted, close at hand, coming up, down the line, down the pike, down the road, 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, looked toward, scheduled, to be, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time to come |
| Synonyms: | afterward, destiny, eternity, expectation, fate, hereafter, infinity, millennium, outlook, posterity, prospect, aftertime, by and by, futurity, life to come, morrow, offing, subsequent time, to be, tomorrow, world to come |
| Antonyms: | past |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eternity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forever |
| Synonyms: | aeon, afterlife, age, ages, blue moon*, dog's age, endless time, endlessness, everlastingness, forever and a day, future, immortality, imperishability, infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, kingdom come*, other world, perpetuity, time without end, timelessness, wild blue yonder, world without end* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiancé/fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged to marry |
| Synonyms: | future*, intended, steady*, affianced person, betrothed, engaged person, husband-to-be, prospective spouse, wife-to-be |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap*, oncoming, open, pending, prospective, ready, upcoming, awaited, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, predestined, resulting |
| Antonyms: | bygone, distant, gone, past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hereafter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life after death |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, afterward, future, future life, heaven, hell, underworld, aftertime, afterworld, by-and-by, future existence, next world, offing, otherworld, the beyond, to-be, world to come |
| Antonyms: | life |
| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
| Synonyms: | advised, affianced, calculated, expected, future, intentional, planned, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady, accidentally on purpose, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, contemplated, contracted, designed, meant, pinned, plighted, prearranged, predestined |
| Main Entry: | postmortem |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following death |
| Synonyms: | future, later, posthumous, post-obit, post-obituary, postmundane |
| Main Entry: | potential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising |
| Synonyms: | budding, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, likely, lurking, plausible, possible, probable, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, abeyant, prepatent, unrealized, within realm of possibility |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impossible, lacking, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | marrier |
| Synonyms: | affianced, future, intended, old lady, old man, steady, betrothed, engaged person, fiancé, husband-to-be, prospective spouse, wife-to-be |
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promised to be married |
| Synonyms: | affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked*, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady |
| Antonyms: | available, uninvolved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prospect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outlook for future |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, calculation, chance, contemplation, expectancy, expectation, forecast, future, hope, likelihood, odds, opening, plan, possibility, presumption, probability, promise, proposal, thought, in the cards, irons in the fire |
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporal length of event or entity's existence, period |
| Synonyms: | age, allotment, bit, bout, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, life, life span, lifetime, moment, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, while, chronology, hour, lastingness, many a moon, month, week, year |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happening, hazard, hit*, kismet, lot, lottery, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck*, toss-up, wheel of fortune*, even chance, fortuity, hap, heads or tails, in the cards, luck out, peradventure, throw of the dice, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | succeeding |
| Synonyms: | designate, elect, elected, future, new, next, to-be |
| Antonyms: | outgoing |
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