futuristic

adjective

fu·​tur·​is·​tic ˌfyü-chə-ˈri-stik 

1

: very modern

futuristic furniture/designs

On Friday, Germany and Costa Rica will meet in a futuristic, translucent-skinned stadium in Munich to kick off the monthlong mosh pit known as the World Cup.

—Grant Wahl

2

a

: relating to, describing, or depicting events in an imagined future

a futuristic novel/story/film

b

: imagined, described, or depicted as occurring or existing in the future

A space elevator … is a futuristic structure, made famous by science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke in his 1979 novel The Fountains of Paradise.

—Adam Brown

The Space Rangers are a group of futuristic troubleshooters who zoom around the galaxy in a battle-scarred spaceship, …

—Alan Carter

… the long-awaited sequel to the classic Blade Runner is about to hit cinemas featuring more … frenzied futuristic action.

—James Moore

futuristically

ˌfyü-chə-ˈri-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of futuristic in a Sentence

The new offices are very futuristic.

The film depicts a futuristic society.

Recent Examples on the Web

The head of the company, Elon Musk, kicked off his Cybercab service in Austin on Thursday with fanfare, sending dozens of the futuristic taxis into the city streets and holding a launch event for invitees. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Tokyo — Zen gardens, futuristic cityscapes and a vibrant food scene, combined with a favorable exchange rate against the yen, have turned Japan into a tourist magnet that has been drawing in record numbers of visitors in recent years. — Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

The show definitely embraced this vision of an almost futuristic nirvana. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

Ma brings a happy zeal — and an artist’s eye for detail — to creating a sense of wonder, fantasy and futuristic freedom in a world limited by boring, rational constraints. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Rhymes for futuristic

• agonistic
• altruistic
• animistic
• aphoristic
• atheistic
• atomistic
• cabalistic
• calvinistic
• chauvinistic
• dualistic
• egoistic
• egotistic

Kids Definition

futuristic

adjective

fu·​tur·​is·​tic ˌfyü-chə-ˈris-tik 

: being or resembling the style or type predicted for the future

futuristic furniture

futuristically

-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb