to be[noun]Synonyms: future, aftertime, afterward, by-and-by, hereafter, offing
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
-to-ˈbe suffix bride-/husband-/parent- etc to-be someone who will soon be married, soon be a parent etc:
a magazine aimed at young mums-to-be [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
to be adj. That is going to be; about to become.
■ Used after the noun it modifies.
Bob kissed his bride-to-be. The principal of the high school greeted the high school students-to-be on their last day in junior high. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲