Synonyms for prescience
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Foreknowledge — knowledge of events before they take place. Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature…
foreknowledge, clairvoyance, premonition, precognition, prophecy, presentiment, foreboding, divination, psychicness
2. Foresight — knowledge of events before they take place. Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for…
Definitions
- n. 1
Knowledge of events before they take place. Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses.
- n. 2
Knowledge of events before they take place. Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for example, careful planning).
Near-synonym: forethought
Related words
- Word family
- prescient prescientific
Forms
- Plural
- presciences → foreknowledges, clairvoyances, premonitions, precognitions…
Example sentences
- premonition I had a premonition that something wasn't right.
- clairvoyance We were amazed at Tom's clairvoyance.
- precognition Tom believes in precognition.
- knowledge Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prescience | steady | |
| premonition | rising | |
| clairvoyance | rising | |
| foreknowledge | rising | |
| precognition | steady | |
| knowledge | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- prophecy3
- 9 letters
- knowledge2, foresight2, prevision
- 10 letters
- divination4, foreboding3
- 11 letters
- premonition4, forethought2, psychicness
- 12 letters
- anticipation5, clairvoyance3, precognition, presentiment
- 13 letters
- foreknowledge
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prophecy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prescience