forward-thinking
Planning for tomorrow
Forward-thinking describes someone who anticipates future developments and plans accordingly.
A forward-thinking company invests in emerging technologies.
A forward-thinking policy addresses problems before they become crises.
The term is almost always complimentary, suggesting vision and adaptability rather than mere optimism.
Capacity for original thought
- inventionNew device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
- breakthroughSudden important advance
disruption · entrepreneurship · ideation · brainstorming · prototype · startup · incubator · pioneering
Expert in planning campaigns
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
futurist · anticipator · forecaster · thinker · innovator · architect · trailblazer · leader
Advocate for gradual change
- liberalOpen to reform
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
- secularNonreligious, worldly
modernist · tolerant · inclusive · diversity · activist · grassroots · advocate · enlightened
Technologically advanced, futuristically styled
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- hyperloopSealed tube transport system
- automationSelf-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
biotechnology · blockchain · autonomous · digitalization · next-generation
creativity
Capacity for original thought
- inventionNew device or method
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- originalityNovel creative quality
breakthrough · disruption · entrepreneurship · ideation · brainstorming · prototype · startup · incubator · pioneering · cutting-edge
strategist
Expert in planning campaigns
planner · futurist · anticipator · forecaster · thinker · innovator · architect · trailblazer · leader · prophet
reformist
Advocate for gradual change
- liberalOpen to reform
- egalitarianEquality principle supporter
- pluralisticAllowing coexisting differences
secular · modernist · tolerant · inclusive · diversity · activist · grassroots · advocate · enlightened · nontraditional
space-age
Technologically advanced, futuristically styled
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- hyperloopSealed tube transport system
- automationSelf-operating system design
robotics · biotechnology · blockchain · autonomous · digitalization · next-generation
- workplace buzzwordsinnovation, teamwork, synergy, collaboration, proactivity
- beforehandbeforehand, before, ahead, early, in advance
- descriptorsnew, novel, original, innovative, modern
- Design Buzzwordsinnovation, breakthrough, cutting edge, avant-garde, groundbreaking
- attitudespositive, negative, ambition, apathy, curiosity
- fashion trendsvintage fashion, retro fashion, retro style, vintage, retro
forward-thinkingbackward-looking
Oriented toward the past
retrospective · nostalgic · living in the past · backward · rear-view
forward-thinkingreactionary
Anti-progress political stance
old-fashioned · conservative · hidebound · set in one's ways · regressive
think, forward, thinking, forwards, forwarded, forethought, forwarder, forethinking