Antonyms for forethought
ˈfɔrˌθɔt, ˈfoʊr-fore·thought

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1. forethought

   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.

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Judiciousness
   • Planning

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. premeditation, forethoughtnoun

   planning or plotting in advance of acting

   Synonyms:
   care, premeditation, precaution, caution

2. caution, precaution, care, forethoughtnoun

   judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

   "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"

   Synonyms:
   circumspection, precaution, aid, tending, upkeep, guard, caveat, caution, cautiousness, concern, premeditation, charge, safeguard, tutelage, guardianship, carefulness, maintenance, attention, care, fear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forethoughtadjective

   Synonyms:
   aforethought, prepense, deliberate

2. forethoughtnoun

   Synonyms:
   premeditation, prescience, forecast, precaution, prudence, providence

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hindsight

   instead of looking back, you're looking ahead

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use forethought in a sentence?

1. Euripides:

   The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.

2. Charles Roberts Buxton:

   In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

3. Thomas Alva Edison:

   Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

4. Curtis Reissig Reissig:

   It was the firefighters, but it was God working through the firefighters. It was God working through Curtis to have the forethought of thinking it out and going to that next ledge . . . it wasn't just that traffic was OK that day. It wasn't just that all the lights were just right. He put all that in motion. i'm the one running away from the flames, and they're running toward it . . . to save people like me, or you know, people in bad places.

5. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.

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