Synonyms for proactive
proʊˈæk tɪvproac·tive

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1. proactiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   forward-looking, anticipatory, active stance

   Antonyms:
   reactive

2. proactiveadjective

   Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

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

   Synonyms:
   anticipatory, active stance, forward-looking

   Antonyms:
   reactive

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1. proactiveadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   passive, retroactive, inactive

2. proactiveadjective

   (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

   Antonyms:
   passive, inactive, retroactive

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1. • Psychology

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1. List of paraphrases for "proactive":

   disclosure, pro-active, dynamic, active, divulgation, proactively, preemptive, voluntarist, dynamics, disclosures, disclosing, preventive, positive, vibrant, disclose, actively, pre-emptive, disclosed, pro-actively

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1. Siobhan Morden:

   This proactive debt liability management (operation) reflects the technical expertise of this administration.

2. Sarah Schaaf:

   Imgur has a zero-tolerance policy for illegal content and activity on our platform, and our reporting represents our diligent, proactive approach to identifying, eradicating and preventing child sexual abuse material, any Imgur upload found to be matching a known hash is immediately deleted from our servers and reported to NCMEC for further investigation.

3. Donald Trump:

   This is usually not me talking because I’m very proactive. I’d sit back and see what’s going on.

4. Phil Spencer:

   We believe that creative success and autonomy go hand-in-hand with treating every person with dignity and respect. We hold all teams, and all leaders, to this commitment, we're looking forward to extending our culture of proactive inclusion to the great teams across Activision Blizzard.

5. David Lew:

   Having someone at my doctors’ appointments to stick up for me or ask questions [has been a help], she was in there and she knew to ask questions and noticed that when my first oncologist wasn’t being proactive.