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reactive
Synonyms and Antonyms of reactive
- He realized his aggressive response to their criticisms had been reactive.
- The board stressed the need for a less reactive and more proactive approach to problem-solving.
automatic, instinctive, instinctual, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanic, mechanical, reflex, robotic, spontaneous
conditioned, natural, Pavlovian, simple, subliminal, unconscious, unforced, unthinking, unwitting, visceral
bred-in-the-bone, deep, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched (also intrenched), rooted
blind, inadvertent, unintended, unintentional, unwilling
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, snap, spur-of-the-moment, unconsidered, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unreasoned, unrehearsed, unstudied
casual, chance, chancy, haphazard, hasty, hit-or-miss, impetuous, impulsive, mindless, random, rash
calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, designed, intended, intentional, predetermined, prepared, projected, refined, rehearsed, volitional, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful)
advised, aforethought, careful, considered, foresighted, forethoughtful, measured, meticulous, reasoned, studied, thoughtful
controllable, manageable, resistible
farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, forward, forward-looking, prescient, proactive, provident, visionary
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