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Synonyms for foresight
ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfoʊr-fore·sight

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Wiktionary3.0 / 1 vote

  1. foresightnoun

    Antonyms:
    hindsight

  2. foresightnoun

    The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

    Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.

    Synonyms:
    foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prescience, prophecy

    Antonyms:
    hindsight

  3. foresightnoun

    Antonyms:
    hindsight

  4. foresightnoun

    Antonyms:
    hindsight

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foresight

    Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

    Synonyms:
    antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

    Antonyms:
    astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulnessnoun

    providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

    Synonyms:
    prospicience, farsightedness, foresightedness, prevision, foresightfulness

  2. prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospiciencenoun

    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

    Synonyms:
    foresightfulness, anticipation, prescience, longsightedness, prediction, farsightedness, hypermetropy, prevision, hypermetropia, prospicience, hyperopia, presbyopia, foresightedness

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foresightnoun

    Synonyms:
    foreknowledge, prescience, prevision

  2. foresightnoun

    Synonyms:
    forecast, forethought, precaution, prudence, anticipation, provident regard to the future

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foresightnoun

    Synonyms:
    prescience, foreknowledge, prudence

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How to use foresight in a sentence?

  1. Henry Robinson Luce:

    Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

  2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    **(C)(P)-THE URGENCY OF NOW-SITUATION DICTATES THAT WE ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE TO GET AND ACHIEVE OUR FOCUSED OBJECTIVES. DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES MAY ARISE FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE. HINDSIGHT MAY ALWAYS TRY TO VALIDATE FORESIGHT, BUT ONLY IF FORESIGHT WAS PREDICTABLE IN ITS OUTCOMES!

  3. Seneca, Letters to Lucilius V:

    Fear keeps pace with hope. Nor does their so moving together surprise me; both belong to a mind in suspense, to a mind in a state of anxiety through looking into the future. Both are mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present. Thus it is that foresight, the greatest blessing humanity has been given, is transformed into a curse.

  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

  5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    responsibility! americans love to say-it is, what it is. I, ras cardo say:- responsibility is foresight, not hindsight. It is looking far beyond the- here and now of the consequences which will most surely flow from our actions or in-actions. We must show young people how to-look for it, embrace it, and use it by being it. This is what we should mean when we say-it is, what it is. It is something , much better when its shared.


Translations for foresight

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  • بصيرةArabic
  • прадба́чаннеBelarusian
  • предвиждане, мушка, предвидливостBulgarian
  • Voraussicht, HellsichtigkeitGerman
  • πρόνοια, στόχαστροGreek
  • adivinación, profecía, previsiónSpanish
  • آینده نگریPersian
  • kaukokatseisuusFinnish
  • clairvoyance, prescience, prévoyanceFrench
  • fadbhreathnaitheacht, fadcheannIrish
  • lungimiranzaItalian
  • רְאִיַת הַנוֹלָדHebrew
  • 先見, 予見, 照星Japanese
  • voorzichtigheidDutch
  • muszkaPolish
  • предвидение, визи́р, му́шка, предусмотрительностьRussian
  • передба́ченняUkrainian
  • büologamVolapük

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