proactive

Adjective

descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
- "proactive inhibition"
- "proactive interference"

Adjective Satellite

(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

Adj

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Examples

We can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.

Origin / Etymology

From pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatrist Viktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.

Synonyms

anticipatory, forward-looking

Antonyms

retroactive, reactive

Scrabble Score: 16

proactive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
proactive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
proactive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

proactive: valid Words With Friends Word