Synonyms of futurists

futurists

noun

plural of futurist

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments

economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviners
• forecasters
• prophets
• mystics
• sibyls
• seers
• soothsayers
• prognosticators
• oracles
• visionaries
• fortune-tellers
• foretellers
• augurs
• foreseers
• prophetesses
• astrologers
• prophesiers
• doomsayers
• Cassandras
• palmists
• wisewomen
• Jeremiahs
• doomsdayers
• crystal gazers
• rhabdomancers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of futurists

Whereas futurists look forward to achieving eternal life by uploading their brains to the cloud, many prefer a more traditional conception of salvation. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea. — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, futurists and the Bureau of Labor Statistics project that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will average 18 to 25 jobs and six to nine distinct career chapters, more than double the volatility of prior generations. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026

For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes. — Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026

The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Tech CEOs and futurists have long described Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, as one of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025

What’s clear is that crypto has become much bigger than the retail traders and techno futurists who are committed to HODLing through thick and thin. — Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025