proactive
adjectiveHow many syllables in proactive?
There are 3 syllables in the word proactive.How to pronounce proactive:
Definition of proactive:
- proactive (adjective):
- acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes
- (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.
Synonyms for proactive:
careful
cautious
farseeing
farsighted
forehanded
foreseeing
foresighted
forethoughtful
forward
forward-looking
prescient
provident
prudent
visionary
wise
Antonyms for proactive:
reactive
responsive
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- convergence
- sportswoman
- go-getting
- expelling
- saucebox
- quarter note
- myrmekite
- hunch over
- preschooler
- persecute
- resulted
- oxytone
- immodest
- gunter's chain
- enjoyer
- disapproved
- coronate
- combusting
- bone-weary
- blathering
- forgiving
- bodycheck
- leadership
- enclosing
- destiner
- confiscate
- wistfulness
- stepsister
- slang-whanger
- pachisi
- encoding
- berating
- newscaster
- discompose
- customize
- reconvene
- overrule
- forefather
- flea-bitten
- upholding
- unstinted
- prosthesis
- prevailing
- motorized
- landholding
- attesting
- hollowness
- deconstruct
- summerise
- resharpen
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