Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or characteristic of the future: Describing something that seems to belong to or anticipate a future time, often involving advanced technology or innovative design.
   • Of or relating to futurism: Pertaining to the early 20th-century artistic and social movement (Futurism) that emphasized speed, technology, youth, and violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The architect designed a building with a sleek, futuristic appearance.
  • The car's dashboard had a futuristic interface with holographic displays.
  • The artist's early work was heavily influenced by the futuristic movement.

Advanced Usage

• "futuristic vision": A concept or plan that anticipates or imagines a highly advanced future state.
  • The CEO presented a futuristic vision of cities powered entirely by renewable energy.
• "futuristic aesthetic": A style or look that evokes the imagined design of the future.
  • The video game is praised for its compelling story and its futuristic aesthetic.

Variants and Related Words

• Futurism (n): The early 20th-century artistic movement.
  • Futurism celebrated the dynamism of the modern machine age.
• Futurist (n): A person who studies or predicts future trends, especially in technology or society; also, an adherent of the Futurism movement.
  • The futurist gave a lecture on the impact of artificial intelligence.
• Futurity (n): The future time or state; future events.
  • The novel is a meditation on futurity and human destiny.

Synonyms

• Forward-looking: Concerned with or planning for the future.
• Advanced: Highly developed or ahead in progress.
• Visionary: Having original ideas about how the future will or should be.

Antonyms

• Retro: Imitative of styles from the recent past.
• Old-fashioned: Characteristic of a past period.
• Dated: Old and no longer considered modern or fashionable.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Ahead of its time": So advanced or innovative that it seems to belong to the future.
  • The inventor's ideas were so ahead of their time that they seemed futuristic to his contemporaries.

Adjective

1. of or relating to futurism
   • futurist art