Synonyms of prescient

prescient

adjective

as in cautious

having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future

prescient environmentalists and politicians who long ago made sure that these beautiful areas would forever be spared from development

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cautious
• careful
• farsighted
• foresighted
• proactive
• visionary
• forward-looking
• provident
• farseeing
• foreseeing
• wise
• forward
• prudent
• forehanded
• forethoughtful
• insightful
• perceptive
• sagacious
• heedful
• discerning
• sage
• percipient
• sapient

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shortsighted
• improvident
• myopic
• careless
• heedless
• incautious
• half-baked
• half-cocked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prescient

To be able to present this podcast on my brother's birthday and right before my father's birthday feels very prescient. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026

The chess board will look much different Friday, but in the friendly, Alfaro made some mid-game adjustments that could become prescient when the two sides meet again. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Years before the reality TV craze, Real Life is scarily prescient in its depiction of lives ruined by the presence of cameras, while also operating as a hilarious observational comedy about a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026

Early in its post-war development, Walnut Creek leaders made a key decision that seems especially prescient, given the recent decline of indoor shopping malls due to the growth of online shopping and the resurgence of downtowns. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Written in 2019, the book also feels prescient about the fast fashion landscape that Riley’s film lampoons. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026

Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

The statement was prescient, because Colombia never did recover. — Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026