Synonyms for foresight
ˈfɔrˌsaɪt, ˈfoʊr-fore·sight

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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.

   Synonyms:
   foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prescience, prophecy

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

3. foresightnoun

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

4. foresightnoun

   Antonyms:
   hindsight

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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.

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Knowing
   • Providence

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1. foresightnoun

   Synonyms:
   foreknowledge, prescience, prevision

2. foresightnoun

   Synonyms:
   forecast, forethought, precaution, prudence, anticipation, provident regard to the future

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1. foresightnoun

   Synonyms:
   prescience, foreknowledge, prudence

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1. List of paraphrases for "foresight":

   far-sightedness, provident, farsightedness, vision, forecast, clear-sightedness, prospective, forecasting, anticipation, forethought, perceptiveness, predictability, insight, forward-looking, prediction, outlook, contingency

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How to use foresight in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Berthold Huber:

   Mr Poetsch distinguishes himself by strategic foresight, profound knowledge of the auto industry and great expertise in financial markets.

3. Joseph Addison:

   There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.

4. Raymond Zar:

   Hindsight is expensive. Foresight is valuable.

5. Bill Brewster:

   That they didn't have enough foresight to think this might happen is offensive to me.