Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Futurity (Prospective time)

Nouns
  • futurity, futurition
  • future, hereafter, time to come
  • approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years
  • morrow
  • millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future. approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time
  • destiny etc. Destiny
  • eventuality. heritage, heirs posterity. prospect etc. (expectation) Expectation
  • foresight etc. Foresight.
Verbs
  • look forwards
  • anticipate etc. (expect) Expectation, (foresee) Foresight
  • forestall etc. (be early) Earliness. come on, draw on
  • draw near
  • approach, await, threaten
  • impend etc. (be destined) Destiny.
Adjectives
  • future, to come
  • coming etc. (impending) Destiny
  • next, near
  • close at hand
  • eventual, ulterior
  • in prospect etc. (expectation) Expectation.
Adverbs
  • prospectively, hereafter, in future
  • kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
  • in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time
  • eventually, ultimately, sooner or later
  • in after time
  • one of these days
  • after a time, after a while. from this time
  • henceforth, henceforwards
  • thence
  • thenceforth, thenceforward
  • whereupon, upon which. soon etc. (early) Earliness
  • on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of
  • about to
  • close upon.