Synonyms for forethought
ˈfɔrˌθɔt, ˈfoʊr-fore·thought

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1. 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.

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

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

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1. premeditation, forethoughtnoun

   planning or plotting in advance of acting

   Synonyms:
   care, premeditation, precaution, caution

2. caution, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Judiciousness
   • Planning

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1. forethoughtnoun

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

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1. forethoughtadjective

   Synonyms:
   aforethought, prepense, deliberate

2. forethoughtnoun

   Synonyms:
   premeditation, prescience, forecast, precaution, prudence, providence

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1. List of paraphrases for "forethought":

   provident, foresight

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1. Jim Risch:

   When Idahoans hear someone who conspired with tree spikers is the administration’s pick to lead the largest land management agency in America, they are rightfully appalled. Conspiring with tree spikers is not a mistake, a mistake is opening the sock drawer in the morning and pulling out two socks that don’t match. When you knowingly, willfully, intentionally, with malice and forethought, attempt to take someone else’s life – that’s not a mistake.

2. Melissa Etheridge:

   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.

3. Curtis Reissig Reissig:

   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.

4. Charles Roberts Buxton:

   In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

5. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten.