Synonyms of prescience

prescience

noun

ˈpre-sh(ē-)ən(t)s 

1

as in foresight

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

most believers would probably agree that complete prescience is one of God's attributes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in providence

concern or preparation for the future

parents who had the prescience to make everything in their house childproof before the arrival of their first baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providence
• vision
• foresight
• forethought
• farsightedness
• prudence
• foresightedness
• insight
• wisdom
• sagacity
• precaution
• discernment
• premeditation
• perception
• perceptiveness
• discretion
• sapience
• sagaciousness
• sageness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• myopia
• shortsightedness
• improvidence
• hindsight

Examples of prescience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a result of Iger’s vision and prescience, Disney is way ahead of traditional media peers in bridging the linear-to-streaming transition, with its streaming business driving billions more in revenue than any of its legacy competitors. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024

Instead, the Kremlin has been blaming a warped combination of Western prescience, and Ukrainian assistance. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024

And a film that felt at once hopeful and foreboding now takes on a dreadful prescience. —Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024

Its true prescience, though, lay in its ambivalence. —Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2024

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