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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Visionary
Visionary adjective - Having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future.
Usage example: in a visionary move, the developer bought large tracts of the waterfront just before property values skyrocketed
Proactive and visionary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proactive" instead an adjective "Visionary".
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