FOREHANDEDNESS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

forehandedness

noun

Definition of forehandedness

as in street smarts

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Noun

All that’s been missing, in the president’s view, is a Fed chair with Greenspan’s foresightedness.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
All that’s been missing, in the president’s view, is a Fed chair with Greenspan’s foresightedness.

— Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of foresightedness

Noun

The researchers found that those who passed the exam had an increase in gray matter and enhanced memory.

— Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026
And other researchers have observed temporary reductions in gray matter volume and shifts in neural connectivity during the menopause transition — followed in many cases by stabilization afterward.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026

Definition of gray matter

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Given that Morocco tends to present itself as being ahead of other countries in the region, a lack of farsightedness over such a basic issue is highly unusual.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, estimates vary depending on age and how hyperopia is measured, but the National Eye Institute reports that farsightedness affects roughly 5% to 10% of Americans today.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of farsightedness

Noun

The exhibition’s framing of Hamdi as the conscientious Orientalist feels slyly designed to disarm judgment of his work, and even to neutralize his professional misdeeds.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
The decisions that matter, increasingly, are the kind that require judgment and experience to interpret facts.

— Oded Netzer, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of judgment

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The difference is the true deficit, as the Legislature’s nonpartisan budget analyst Gabe Petek sees it — and as common sense dictates.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Costa Mesa and other cities are saving lives … by imposing common sense laws on operators.

— Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

Definition of common sense

Noun

Anheuser-Busch will have to see how viewers react to its latest ad to determine if consumers think the Clydesdales still present good horse sense or represent a horse of a different color.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense.

— Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024

Definition of horse sense

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