Main entry: prospective
Definition: of or concerned with or related to the future
Usage: prospective earnings; a prospective mother; a prospective bride; the statute is solely prospective in operation
Antonyms: retrospective
Definition: concerned with or related to the past
Antonyms: past, past times, yesteryear
Definition: the time that has elapsed
Antonyms: present
Definition: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
Antonyms: past
Definition: earlier than the present time; no longer current
Definition: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
Antonyms: unlikely
Definition: has little chance of being the case or coming about