Synonyms for precognition
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Noun
1. Foreknowledge — knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or…
foreknowledge, clairvoyance, premonition, prescience, prophecy, divination, foresight, psychicness
Definitions
- n. 1
Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception.
Related words
- Word family
- precognitive predict prediction predictor
Forms
- Plural
- precognitions → foreknowledges, clairvoyances, premonitions, presciences…
Example sentences
- premonition I had a premonition that something wasn't right.
- clairvoyance We were amazed at Tom's clairvoyance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| precognition | steady | |
| premonition | rising | |
| clairvoyance | rising | |
| foreknowledge | rising | |
| prescience | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- prophecy3
- 9 letters
- foresight2
- 10 letters
- divination4, prescience3
- 11 letters
- premonition4, psychicness
- 12 letters
- clairvoyance3
- 13 letters
- foreknowledge
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prophecy3 = 3 syllables).