forward-looking
adjective
for·ward-look·ing ˈfȯr-wərd-ˌlu̇-kiŋ 
: concerned with or planning for the future
Synonyms
- farseeing
- farsighted
- forehanded
- foreseeing
- foresighted
- forethoughtful
- forward
- prescient
- proactive
- provident
- visionary
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Word History
First Known Use
1800, in the meaning defined above
forward-looking
adjective
as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future a forward-looking business plan designed to take full advantage of emerging technologies Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cautious
- proactive
- prescient
- careful
- farsighted
- foresighted
- visionary
- farseeing
- forward
- prudent
- provident
- foreseeing
- insightful
- sagacious
- forethoughtful
- wise
- forehanded
- perceptive
- heedful
- discerning
- sage
- sapient
- percipient
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- myopic
- shortsighted
- improvident
- incautious
- half-baked
- half-cocked
- careless
- heedless
- ethnocentrism
- ethnocentrisms
- ethnocide
- ethnoflora
- ethnogenesis
- ethnogenic
- ethnogenist
- ethnogeny
- ethnogeographer
- ethnogeographic
- ethnogeography
- ethnographer
- ethnographers
- ethnographic
- ethnographical
- ethnographically
- ethnographies
- ethnography
- ethnohistorian
- ethnohistorians
- ethnohistoric
- ethnohistorical
- ethnohistories
- ethnohistory
- ethnolinguistic