farseeing

adjective

ˈfär-ˌsē-iŋ How to pronounce farseeing (audio)
Definition of farseeingnext
as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future a farseeing corn farmer who realized that the future was in ethanol

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Recent Examples of farseeing More than 10,000 years ago, dogs made a farseeing bet on humans. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Weather forecasting has gotten steadily more accurate and farseeing over the past few decades, one of the many ways that science saves lives. — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022 Abraham Lincoln in His Times (2020), for understanding a more farseeing Lincoln than the shriller voices of despair have described. — Allen C. Guelzo, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farseeing
  1. cautious
  2. careful
  3. farsighted
  4. prescient
  5. provident
  6. proactive
  7. visionary
Adjective
  • As the use of AI increases, financial experts say consumers should be cautious about fully trusting these tools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Fed may be more cautious about raising interest rates at a time when the labor market appears less stable.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cautious
Adjective
  • Kurz said that the field team put careful consideration into selecting each site.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Steve Bardens/Getty Images Brighton & Hove Albion must be careful that the chill of winter does not arrive much earlier than normal for them this season in the Conference League.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of careful
Adjective
  • Private markets chronically undersave, leaving future generations with less capital than a farsighted society would choose to bequeath.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • In another farsighted plot point, Verne has his characters attempt a course-correction burn using firework-like rockets.
    — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of farsighted
Adjective
  • For many, a world with machines in charge can be hard to imagine without movies and books and their sometimes prescient visions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • My book was meant to highlight both the personal and societal issues of early literacy deprivation, while tracking the prescient issue of increasing screen time dumbing down and dehumanizing society.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 21 July 2026
Definition of prescient
Adjective
  • The ordinance also recognizes domestic workers as formal workers and extends protections to employees of non-profit organizations, including eligibility for provident fund and pension schemes.
    — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
  • For example, many cities have begun allowing parents to help their children buy an apartment using their housing provident funds, a kind of compulsory saving program in China.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Definition of provident
Adjective
  • The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.
    — Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That was the result of better efficiency for Disney’s skip-the-line service and more proactive ride maintenance, according to a Disney spokesperson.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of proactive
Adjective
  • They are led by brilliant engineers and visionary founders who have spent years bleeding cash, skipping paychecks and surviving on pure grit to build breakthrough technologies.
    — Chris Hale, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Directed by Mamoru Oshii, the film is a visionary epic that presents a surprisingly nightmarish vision of the future.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of visionary

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“Farseeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farseeing. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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