| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
Synonyms: |
approaching, booked, budgeted, close at hand, coming, coming up, destined, down the line, down the pike, down the road, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, imminent, impending, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, inevitable, just around the corner, later, likely, looked toward, near, next, planned, prospective, scheduled, subsequent, to be, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, unfolding, up |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time to come |
Synonyms: |
aftertime, afterward, by and by, destiny, eternity, expectation, fate, futurity, hereafter, infinity, life to come, millennium, morrow, offing, outlook, posterity, prospect, subsequent time, to be, tomorrow, world to come |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
Synonyms: |
accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails, hit*, in the cards, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, toss-up, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
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aim, design, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
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choice, free will, volition |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, stars, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | fiancé/fiancée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged to marry |
Synonyms: |
affianced person, betrothed, engaged person, future*, husband-to-be, intended, prospective spouse, steady*, wife-to-be |