Synonyms for foresight
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Prescience — the ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically
prescience, foreknowledge, wisdom, clairvoyance, precognition, prophecy, divination, psychicness
2. Prevision
3. Foresightedness
4. Forethought
forethought, care, anticipation, precaution, forecast, calculation, caution, prudence dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.
- n. 2
The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Near-synonym: forethought
- n. 3
The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
- n. 4
A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.
Related words
- Word family
- foresighted foresightful foresee
Forms
- Plural
- foresights → presciences, foreknowledges, wisdoms, clairvoyances…
Choose the right word
Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- wisdom We admired his wisdom, not to mention his courage.
- clairvoyance We were amazed at Tom's clairvoyance.
- forethought I don't think Tom did that with any forethought.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| foresight | steady | |
| wisdom | rising | |
| clairvoyance | rising | |
| foreknowledge | rising | |
| prescience | steady | |
| forethought | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- care1
- 6 letters
- wisdom2
- 7 letters
- outlook2, caution2
- 8 letters
- forecast2, prophecy3, prudence2
- 9 letters
- prevision
- 10 letters
- precaution3, divination4, prescience3
- 11 letters
- calculation4, forethought2, psychicness
- 12 letters
- anticipation5, clairvoyance3, precognition, prospicience
- 13 letters
- foreknowledge
- 15 letters
- foresightedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wisdom2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prévoyance
- Italiano
- lungimiranza
- Deutsch
- Weitsicht