- 未来学 wèiláixué futurologythe study of the future; future studies; an emerging field of study involving the systematic prediction, planning, and management of future social issues
- 未来派 wèiláipài futurismfuturism; an artistic and social movement that focuses on movement and the modern world while praising technology and mechanical civilization
- 未来式 wèiláishì future tensefuture form or tense in grammar
- 展望未来 zhǎnwàngwèilái to look to the futureto look ahead; to look forward to the future; to foresee or predict what is to come
- 飞出个未来 fēichūgewèilái FuturamaFuturama, the American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening.
- 未来业绩 wèiláiyèjì future performancefuture yield or performance of an investment or business
- 未来主义 wèiláizhǔyì futurismFuturism; an early 20th-century avant-garde artistic and social movement that emphasized speed, technology, and modern industrial life
- 未来佛 wèiláifó Future BuddhaMaitreya Buddha, the successor to the historical Gautama Buddha expected to appear in the future