Forward and Proactive

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Forward

Forward adjective - Having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future.
Usage example: she was forward enough to start investing in her retirement fund at the age of 18
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Proactive and forward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proactive" instead an adjective "Forward".
Nearby Words: forwards, forwarded, forwardness, forwarding, forwarder

Proactive

Proactive adjective - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.
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Forward and proactive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forward" instead an adjective "Proactive".

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  • Because in a group, everyone is waiting for someone else to step forward, take charge, be proactive... be the "hero", in other words.
    Source: Holding Out for a Hero
  • Word of God describes Misato as this, too, but unlike Shinji, who is Resigned to the Call, she is much more proactive in looking past her Broken Bird issues and moving forward (particularly by the tail end of the series).
    Source: Classical Anti-Hero
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