futurist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Fu=tur=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

futurist, n. 

•  One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

futurist, n. (often attrib.)
1 an adherent of futurism.
2 a believer in human progress.
3 a student of the future.
4 Theol. one who believes that biblical prophecies, esp. those of the Apocalypse, are still to be fulfilled.