futuristic
Syllables: fu·tur·ist·ic/ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/US/ˌfjut͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/
futuristic adjective: of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
Adjective
futuristic (comparative more futuristic, superlative most futuristic)
- Of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
- The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.
- The same director's film The Quiet Earth (1984), from a novel by Craig Harrison, lands us back in futuristic territory with a pakeha "mad scientist" (plus female pendant for "mateship" interest) and a Vietnam-scarred Maori guerrilla surviving a cosmic catastrophe.1996, Eckhard Breitinger (editor), Defining New Idioms and Alternative Forms of Expression, page 214
- Synonyms:
- futurist
- In or relating to the future tense.
futuristic meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
futuristic in Urdu
- پیشرو
futuristic in Bengali
- ভবিষ্যৎ কাল সংক্রান্ত
futuristic in Malayalam
- ഭാവിസംബന്ധിയായ, ഭവിഷ്യവാദി
futuristic in Kannada
- ಅತಿ ನವ್ಯವಾದ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಭವಿಷ್ಯವಾದವನ್ನು ನಂಬಿರುವ
Examples of futuristic in a sentence
- Techno-orientalism is the use of Asian aesthetics in cyberpunk, futuristic, and dystopian settings.
- Gender.RIP went down a more traditional route with their futuristic vision.
- Along the left wall were four microfilm readers that looked like futuristic hair-driers.
Synonyms of futuristic
Forms of futuristic
| comparative | more futuristic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most futuristic |
Origin of futuristic
From future + -istic.
Words formed from futuristic
Words that rhyme with futuristic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- histic
- holistic
29 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about futuristic
- What does futuristic mean?
- Futuristic means of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
- What is futuristic in Urdu?
- Futuristic in Urdu is پیشرو. See Futuristic meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is futuristic?
- Futuristic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce futuristic?
- Futuristic is pronounced /ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/ (UK).
Words near futuristic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: futuristic (page history and authors); futuristic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); futuristic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); futuristic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); futuristic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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