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Antonyms for forethought
ˈfɔrˌθɔt, ˈfoʊr-fore·thought
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term forethought.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
forethought
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, wonderSynonyms:
antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, hope, presentiment, prevision
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Princeton's WordNet
premeditation, forethoughtnoun
planning or plotting in advance of acting
Synonyms:
care, premeditation, precaution, cautioncaution, precaution, care, forethoughtnoun
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
"he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
Synonyms:
circumspection, precaution, aid, tending, upkeep, guard, caveat, caution, cautiousness, concern, premeditation, charge, safeguard, tutelage, guardianship, carefulness, maintenance, attention, care, fear
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
forethoughtadjective
Synonyms:
aforethought, prepense, deliberateforethoughtnoun
Synonyms:
premeditation, prescience, forecast, precaution, prudence, providence
Editors Contribution
hindsight
instead of looking back, you're looking ahead
How to use forethought in a sentence?
It was the firefighters, but it was God working through the firefighters. It was God working through Curtis to have the forethought of thinking it out and going to that next ledge . . . it wasn't just that traffic was OK that day. It wasn't just that all the lights were just right. He put all that in motion. i'm the one running away from the flames, and they're running toward it . . . to save people like me, or you know, people in bad places.
There’s a way to be. I’ve gone through family courts, i’ve been twice around this block, and I know it really well, and I know when there’s some forethought to just how mean [ you can be ] and just how you’re going to put disinformation out there first.
The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2824 | fear | |
#3339 | wonder | |
#3643 | doubt | |
#4651 | surprise | |
#11912 | enjoyment | |
#13519 | realization | |
#15811 | despair | |
#19676 | dread | |
#41108 | astonishment | |
#50801 | consummation | |
#82432 | forethought |
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