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foresight

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of foresight

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

  • a mysterious woman who claims to have the gift of foresight
Synonyms of foresight

foreknowledge, prescience
Words Related to foresight

foreboding, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment

clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, sixth sense

omniscience

divination

2 concern or preparation for the future

  • had the foresight to realize the global importance of the Internet
Synonyms of foresight

farsightedness, foresightedness, forethought, prescience, providence, vision
Words Related to foresight

precaution, premeditation

discernment, discretion, insight, perception, perceptiveness, prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom
Near Antonyms of foresight

hindsight
Antonyms of foresight

improvidence, myopia, shortsightedness

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