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prescient

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of prescient

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 of prescient

farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, forward, forward-looking, proactive, provident, visionary

Words Related to prescient

careful, cautious, heedful

discerning, insightful, perceptive, percipient, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise

Near Antonyms of prescient

careless, heedless, incautious

Antonyms of prescient

half-baked, half-cocked, improvident, myopic, shortsighted

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