All foresight synonyms
fore·sight
F f noun foresight
- insight — an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
- prudence — a female given name.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
- precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- discretion — the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- forethought — thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
- preconception — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- carefulness — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- prescience — knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- intuition — direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
- hindsight — recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.
- canniness — the quality of being canny
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- prenotion — a preconception.