future
English Thesaurus
1. bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | oil future, petroleum future, |
| definition | : | petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | soybean future, |
| definition | : | soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | wheat future, |
| definition | : | wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date (noun.artifact) |
2. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | tense, |
| definition | : | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time (noun.communication) |
3. the time yet to come (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | time, |
| definition | : | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | kingdom come, |
| definition | : | the end of time (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | by-and-by, |
| definition | : | an indefinite time in the future (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | offing, |
| definition | : | the near or foreseeable future (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | tomorrow, |
| definition | : | the near future (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | manana, |
| definition | : | an indefinite time in the future (noun.time) |
4. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving (adj.all)
| similar | : | incoming, |
| definition | : | arriving at a place or position (adj.all) |
5. yet to be or coming (adj.all)
| similar | : | future day, |
| definition | : | yet to come (adj.all) |
| similar | : | early, |
| definition | : | expected in the near future (adj.all) |
| similar | : | in store, |
| definition | : | in readiness; awaiting (adj.all) |
| similar | : | prox, proximo, |
| definition | : | in or of the next month after the present (adj.all) |
| also | : | incoming, |
| definition | : | arriving at a place or position (adj.all) |
| also | : | prospective, |
| definition | : | of or concerned with or related to the future (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | timing, |
| definition | : | the time when something happens (noun.attribute) |
6. effective in or looking toward the future (adj.all)
| similar | : | prospective, |
| definition | : | of or concerned with or related to the future (adj.all) |
7. a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened (adj.pert)
| domain category | : | grammar, |
| definition | : | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) (noun.cognition) |
8. the time yet to come (noun.time)
| derivation | : | future, |
| definition | : | yet to be or coming (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | future, |
| definition | : | effective in or looking toward the future (adj.all) |
9. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving (adj.all)
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
10. yet to be or coming (adj.all)
| antonym | : | past, |
| definition | : | earlier than the present time; no longer current (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | present, |
| definition | : | temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
11. effective in or looking toward the future (adj.all)
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
12. a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | future, future tense, |
| definition | : | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future (noun.communication) |
13. the time yet to come (noun.time)
| derivation | : | future, |
| definition | : | yet to be or coming (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | future, |
| definition | : | effective in or looking toward the future (adj.all) |
14. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving (adj.all)
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
15. yet to be or coming (adj.all)
| antonym | : | past, |
| definition | : | earlier than the present time; no longer current (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | present, |
| definition | : | temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
16. effective in or looking toward the future (adj.all)
| derivation | : | futurity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being in or of the future (noun.attribute) |
17. a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | future, future tense, |
| definition | : | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future (noun.communication) |
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