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. 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.

2. Sandy Halperin:

   My focus is to help break the thinking that the patient that has Alzheimer's is sitting in a nursing home, i'm alive. I can still be proactive.

3. Cheryl Dorsey:

   While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonor on the title SCORPION, it is imperative that we, Memphis Police Department take proactive steps in the healing process of all those impacted. Memphis Police Department remains committed to serving our community and taking every measure possible to rebuild the trust that has been negatively affected by the death of Tyre Nichols. all of this was preventable.

4. Tom Michels:

   Right now I will say that market forces kind of militate against a ton of people jumping-up to be proactive.

5. Hal Rogers:

   Many coal communities in Appalachia simply do not have the resources to reclaim the abandoned mine sites within their borders, this bill allows these communities to be proactive in restoring these sites and utilize them to put our people back to work.