FORESIGHTED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

foresighted

adjective

Definition of foresighted

as in cautious

having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future the foresighted conservationists who worked to create the national park system

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Adjective

Partners and distributors are being more cautious because Anta prefers a direct-to-consumer model, Hoeld said.

— Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
While inflation remains volatile across countries, influencing cautious planning, salary increases are relatively high compared to pre-pandemic norms.

— John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of cautious

Adjective

South Korea’s finance minister has apologized for launching the riskier products without careful consideration.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Regulators have been careful to note that the action targets concentrated and synthetic products, not natural leaf containing trace amounts.

— Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 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

Similarly, Georgia pushes back on debanking practices Georgia leaders have taken a proactive stance against financial discrimination.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Rogers, Rea, and Parks-Shaw all have emphasized the need to be proactive in decreasing the number of lawsuits filed against the Police Department.

— Freddrell Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of proactive

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

For forward-looking leaders, now is the time to start thinking about what tasks make up a job, and how those roles will evolve going forward.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Kane County Search and Rescue launched an overnight search, deploying ground crews, drones equipped with forward-looking infrared technology and search dogs, but Guinn was not found.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Definition of forward-looking

Adjective

The software visionary who never checked the system limits ends up with a beautiful product that crashes under pressure.

— Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The late George is still widely hailed as having been Little Feat’s most visionary member and Payne matter-of-factly refers to him as both a mentor and a genius.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of visionary

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