-to-be

See also: tobe, Tobe, tobě, and to-be

English

Suffix

-to-be

1. Future, later, expectant.

Usage notes

• Attached to a wide range of nouns, including nearly any noun that denotes an acquired relationship.

Synonyms

• (future, later, expectant): future

Antonyms

• (future, later, expectant): then-, then, ex-, former

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bride-to-be
• corpse-to-be
• father-to-be

• husband-to-be
• mother-to-be

Translations

future, later, expectant

• Finnish: tuleva (fi)
• French: en devenir
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: leendő (hu), -jelölt (hu)

See also

• cum
• -elect
• has-been

Anagrams

• Tebo, beot, boet, bote