Synonyms for hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪthind·sight

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1. hindsightnoun

   Antonyms:
   foresight

2. hindsightnoun

   When you read Seven Little Rabbits at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!

   Antonyms:
   foresight

3. hindsightnoun

   Antonyms:
   foresight

Princeton's WordNet

1. hindsightnoun

   understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

   "hindsight is always better than foresight"

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1. recollection

   you're recollecting in hindsight

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "hindsight":

   retrospective, posteriori, retrospect, afterthought

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How to use hindsight in a sentence?

1. Kenneth Kuttner:

   Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers also spoke at length about inflation and made a lengthy argument that turned out to be... not so good in hindsight, the mistakes are always glaring in hindsight.

2. Amy Hillyard Jensen:

   Get rid of imagined guilt. You did the best you could at the time, all things considered. If you made mistakes, learn to accept that we are all imperfect. Only hindsight is 20-20. If you are convinced that you have real guilt, consider professional or spiritual counseling (with a competent and trustworthy counselor). If you believe in God a pastor can help you believe also in God's forgiveness.

3. Manoah Esipisu:

   With the benefit of hindsight, you can always say things could have been done better.

4. Elaine Hall:

   I never had any doubt from day one, when Dylan went missing -- I knew that Mark had something to do with it, …In hindsight, in retrospect, I see many signs that should have triggered something.

5. Billy Wilder:

   Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.