Antonyms for futuristic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fyoo-chuh-ris-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfyu tʃəˈrɪs tɪk


Definition of futuristic

Origin :
  • 1915, "avant garde," from futurism. Meaning "pertaining to the future" is from 1958, from future + -istic.
  • adj ahead of one's time
Example sentences :
  • A futuristic touch, that—we'd say the cart ran on broadcast power.
  • Extract from : « Question of Comfort » by Les Collins
  • Some writers are Futuristic on alternate days, or every seventh day.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Yes, of course, you would be on his side–all this Futuristic nonsense.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Pim Passes By » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • On the job, the atmosphere was getting a bit too rich and futuristic.
  • Extract from : « Stamped Caution » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • How strange, how futuristic we three men of 1935 must have looked to her!
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various
  • Yes, of course, you would be on his side—all this Futuristic nonsense.
  • Extract from : « Second Plays » by A. A. Milne
  • Thus, on the death of Boccioni, the first generation of Futuristic writers reformed or disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-) is one of the youngest of the Futuristic group who has gained enduring fame as a poet.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
  • Immense sea-fans and sea-plumes formed a forest that might have been of futuristic palms.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Detectives Under the Sea » by A. Hyatt Verrill
  • The conse275quence was that for a short time the Cubists became somewhat Futuristic.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

Synonyms for futuristic

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