futurity

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Time yet to come

Nouns — futurity, [near or distant] future, hereafter, time to come; approaching or coming years or ages; millennium, doomsday, Day of Judgment, crack of doom; remote future; shape of things to come, writing on the wall, straw in the wind; future shock; approach of time, advent, time drawing on, womb of time; destiny, posterity, eventuality; prospect (see expectation); afterworld, next world; foresight; futurism. Informal, the sweet by-and-by. See prediction, threat, sequence.

Verbs — approach, await; look forward, anticipate, expect (see expectation); foresee; come on, draw on; draw near; threaten, impend (see destiny).

Adjectives — future, to come, coming, impending (see destiny); next, near; near at hand, close at hand; eventual, ulterior, in prospect (see expectation); futuristic (see newness).

Adverbs — in [the] future, prospectively, hereafter, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow; in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time; eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, in the long run; one of these days; after a while, after a time; from this time, henceforth, thence; thenceforth, whereupon, upon which; soon, on the eve of, on or at the point of, on the brink of; about to, close upon, around the corner, in the wind. Ant., see past.

Phrases — coming events cast their shadow before; there is no future like the present; tomorrow is another day; tomorrow never comes.

Quotations — I never think of the future. It comes soon enough (Albert Einstein), The distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent (Albert Einstein), The future ain't what it used to be (Yogi Berra), Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be (Shakespeare), If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever (George Orwell), Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future (T.S. Eliot), The future is no more uncertain than the present (Walt Whitman).