Definition of futurist
noun
1 (Futurist) an adherent of futurism.
2a person who studies the future and makes predictions about it based on current trends.
3 Theology a person who believes that eschatological prophecies are still to be fulfilled.
adjective
1 (often Futurist) of or relating to futurism or the Futurists.
2relating to a vision of the future, especially one involving the development of technology:the grim urban setting of the novel would have been a futurist nightmare