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Futurist

One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.

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Illusionist 76% connected

One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

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Seer 76% connected

Sore; painful.

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Theologian 76% connected

A person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.

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Theologist 76% connected

A theologian.

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Theologizer 76% connected

One who theologizes; a theologian.

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Visionary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.

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Fantast 92% connected

One whose manners or ideas are fantastic.

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Advance verb · 78% connection

To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; t…

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Anticipant adjective · 78% connection

Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

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Assert verb · 78% connection

To state firmly that something is true.

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Assertive adjective · 78% connection

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

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Big superl. · 78% connection

Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; b…

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Brood verb · 78% connection

To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought;…

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Browbeat verb · 78% connection

To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent…

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Coming adjective · 78% connection

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

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Community noun · 78% connection

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as,…

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Destine verb · 78% connection

To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by a…

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Divination noun · 78% connection

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural mea…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Eternity noun · 78% connection

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

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Flippant adjective · 78% connection

Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.

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Forward adjective · 78% connection

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

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Future adjective · 78% connection

Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time…

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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