futurist

noun

• 1 (Futurist) an adherent of Futurism.

• 2a person who studies the future and makes predictions about it based on current trends: the agency hired a futurist to pinpoint trends

• 3 Theology a person who believes that eschatological prophecies are still to be fulfilled.

adjective

• 1 (Futurist) relating to Futurism or the Futurists: the Futurist painters

• 2relating to a vision of the future: the grim urban setting of the novel would have been a futurist nightmare