| Main Entry: | foresight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, long-sightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity |
Antonyms: |
hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Concept: | Foresight. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
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-nouns
foresight, prospicience, prevision, long-sightedness; anticipation; providence (preparation)., forethought, forecast; predeliberation, presurmise; foregone conclusion (prejudgment); prudence (caution)., foreknowledge; prognosis; precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment; second sight; sagacity (intelligence); antepast, prelibation, prophasis., prospect (expectation); foretaste; prospectus (plan).
-verbs
foresee; look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond; scent from afar; look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future., see one's way; see how the land lies, see how the wind blows, see how the cat jumps., anticipate; expect; be beforehand (early); predict; foreknow, forejudge, forecast; presurmise; have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance; respicere finem; keep a sharp lookout (vigilance); forewarn.
-adjectives
foreseeing; prescient; farseeing, farsighted; sagacious (intelligent); weatherwise; provident (prepared); prospective.
-adverbs
against the time when.
-phrases
cernit omnia Deus vindex; mihi cura futuri.
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| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
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amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness; forethought |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awareness, foreboding, forecast, foreseeing, foresight, foretaste, forethought, inkling, intuition, preconception, premonition, prescience, presentiment, prevision, prior knowledge, realization |
Antonyms: |
doubt, unreadiness |
| Main Entry: | calculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forethought |
Synonyms: |
canniness, caution, circumspection, contrivance, deliberation, discretion, foresight, planning, precaution, prudence, thought |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alertness, carefulness |
Synonyms: |
Fabian policy, attention, canniness, care, circumspection, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, heedfulness, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness |
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heedlessness, imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom |
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carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resourcefulness, energy |
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activity, adventurousness, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, get-up-and-go, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, inventiveness, pluck, push, readiness, resource, self-reliance, spirit, venturesomeness, vigor, zeal |
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apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity |
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction, often of weather or business |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foreseeing, foresight, foretelling, forethought, foretoken, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, projection, prophecy |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense |
Antonyms: |
hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |