future

Adjective

• a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
  • future auxiliary
    

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
  • our next president
    

• effective in or looking toward the future
  • he was preparing for future employment opportunities
    

• yet to be or coming
  • some future historian will evaluate him
    

Noun

• bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

• the time yet to come

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  future(a) , next , succeeding(a) , future tense , hereafter , futurity , time to come
• Antonyms: 
  past , present(a) , past times , yesteryear