Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 ahead of the times; 
- Example: "the advanced teaching methods"- Example: "had advanced views on the subject"- Example: "a forward-looking corporation"- Example: "is British industry innovative enough?"[syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
forward-looking \forward-looking\ adj.
   planning for the future; concerned primarily with the future;
   -- contrasted with conern for the immediate present or
   reacting to past events. backward-looking
   [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
forward-looking
    adj 1: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had
           advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking
           corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
           [syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative,
           modern]