Antonyms for foresight
ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfoʊr-fore·sight

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. foresightnoun

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

2. foresightnoun

   The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

   Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

   Synonyms:
   foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prescience, prophecy

3. foresightnoun

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

4. foresightnoun

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foresight

   Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

   Antonyms:
   astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

   Synonyms:
   antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

Matched Categories

1. • Knowing
   • Providence

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulnessnoun

   providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future

   Synonyms:
   prospicience, farsightedness, foresightedness, prevision, foresightfulness

2. prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospiciencenoun

   seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

   Synonyms:
   foresightfulness, anticipation, prescience, longsightedness, prediction, farsightedness, hypermetropy, prevision, hypermetropia, prospicience, hyperopia, presbyopia, foresightedness

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1. foresightnoun

   Synonyms:
   prescience, foreknowledge, prudence

How to use foresight in a sentence?

1. Henry Robinson Luce:

   Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

2. Marine Col. Andrew Milburn:

   No one really without any sense of foresight could say [ Biden ] will yank [ the troops ] out and the Afghan government will not collapse, certainly as military planners, you always have some contingency plan, no matter how unlikely you think an event is to occur.

3. Raymond Zar:

   Hindsight is expensive. Foresight is valuable.

4. Chief Executive Officer Brian Humphries:

   We are all dealing with a crisis that brings new challenges every day. Even with all of the preparation and foresight ... it's hard to imagine that we or anyone could have developed a playbook to anticipate the full impact of COVID-19.

5. Link Starbureiy:

   Vision is three-dimensional - consisting of insight, foresight, and perspective.

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