Synonyms of foreknowledge

foreknowledge

noun

as in foresight

the special ability to see or know about events before they actually occur

a suspenseful story about a man who has a frightening foreknowledge of disasters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foresight
• prescience
• divination
• premonition
• omniscience
• presentiment
• clairvoyance
• presage
• extrasensory perception
• sixth sense
• foreboding
• prenotion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of foreknowledge

Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

However, there are common mistakes that can easily be avoided with a little foreknowledge. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 July 2026

But if a 12-year-old Spider-Man fan in Dubuque, Iowa, got to watch the film without any foreknowledge, then the gambit was more than worth it. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

That is one future no amount of foreknowledge or planning can avoid. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

The younger daughter had arrived with foreknowledge of the role her older sister had already claimed. — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Days later, Carlson began releasing The 9/11 Files, a five-part video series that suggests Israel had foreknowledge of the al-Qaeda attacks but withheld the information from the United States. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026

But even with that foreknowledge, the moment hits us like a truck full of dynamite, aided immensely by Thurman’s explosive shock at the sight of her daughter. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025

The chat reportedly included discussions that could indicate ideological motivations, and possibly even encouragement or foreknowledge of the attack. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025