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proactive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of proactive

having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future

proactive decision by the city fathers to plan for the eventual withering away of the region's manufacturing base

Synonyms of proactive

farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, forward, forward-looking, prescient, provident, visionary

Words Related to proactive

careful, cautious, heedful

discerning, insightful, perceptive, percipient, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise

Near Antonyms of proactive

careless, heedless, incautious

Antonyms of proactive

half-baked, half-cocked, improvident, myopic, shortsighted

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