Synonyms of foreseen

foreseen 1 of 2

adjective

as in anticipated

Related Words

• anticipated
• predicted
• expected
• awaited
• future
• imminent
• forthcoming
• nearing
• upcoming
• impending
• proximate
• coming
• approaching
• oncoming
• pending

Dissimilar Words

• recent
• late
• other
• past
• foregone
• sometime
• former
• old
• erstwhile
• bygone
• onetime
• whilom
• quondam

foreseen

2 of 2

verb

past participle of foresee

as in predicted

to realize or know about beforehand

a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• anticipated
• predicted
• divined
• foreknown
• envisaged
• foretold
• envisioned
• prophesied
• foreshadowed
• presaged
• previsioned
• feared
• forecast
• forefelt
• visualized
• prefigured
• forewarned
• prognosticated
• cautioned
• alerted
• perceived
• augured
• previewed
• dreaded
• apprehended
• discerned
• descried
• foretokened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of foreseen

Adjective

When really, this was the foreseeable and foreseen outcome of putting an AI in place of the human being who is already not there to do a good job. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026

To help steer you clear of any paint color problems (whether foreseen or unforeseen), designers share the top paint color pitfalls. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026

There's the long foreseen Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)-versus-Vecna face-off, coupled with a dramatic Godzilla-sized ensemble fight. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026

Trump’s actions, those foreseen and those unforeseen, are creating immense opportunities for change. — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025

Verb

But although few, then, could possibly have foreseen the cataclysm of the twentieth-century wars, the hatred was already there in the anti-semitism of old France, in the divisions over Dreyfus. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

On this occasion, here came a controversy few could have foreseen. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Few had foreseen so swift an end to a dynasty that had ruled Russia for more than 300 years. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

The storms are foreseen to bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch). — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

The framers couldn’t have foreseen the technological revolutions that would follow, from global electrification to the internet and artificial intelligence. — Ashok N. Srivastava, Fortune, 3 July 2026

The Vatican’s doctrine office went above and beyond the minimum sanctions foreseen by the church’s canon law to respond to the consecrations Wednesday of four new bishops at the society’s Econe, Switzerland, seminary. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

To say legislators should have foreseen this result is shooting fish. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

In the two decades since Howard left office, Australian society has changed faster than his political narrative could have foreseen. — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026