Meanings
comparative more forward-looking · superlative most forward-looking
- Having an interest in the future, and planning for it.
That's because, having left behind his senior position on the national network at the West Midlands Rail Executive in mid-March […], the energetic but mild-mannered Holmes has brought a distinctly forward-looking agenda to the Leicestershire heritage operation he now leads.
2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveahead of the times
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian предвидлив, далновиден
- предвидлив (predvidliv)Having an interest in the future, and planning for it
- далновиден (dalnoviden)Having an interest in the future, and planning for it
Swedish framåtblickande
- framåtblickandeHaving an interest in the future, and planning for it
Cite this entry
forward-looking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forward-looking
“forward-looking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forward-looking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forward-looking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forward-looking.
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