foresight
noun
1 foresight
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future.
synonyms: foresightedness, foresightfulness.
Roget 864:
caution;
cautiousness
etc.
adj.;
discretion,
prudence,
cautel†,
heed,
circumspection,
calculation,
deliberation.
foresight
etc.
510;
vigilance
etc.
459;
warning
etc.
668.
coolness
etc.
adj.;
self-possession,
self-command;
presence of mind,
sang froid [Fr.];
well-regulated mind;
worldly wisdom,
Fabian policy.
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Roget 121:
futurity,
futurition;
future,
hereafter,
time to come;
approaching time,
coming time,
subsequent time,
after time,
approaching age,
coming age,
subsequent age,
after age,
approaching days,
coming days,
subsequent days,
after days,
approaching hours,
coming hours,
subsequent hours,
after hours,
approaching ages,
coming ages,
subsequent ages,
after ages,
approaching life,
coming life,
subsequent life,
after life,
approaching years,
coming years,
subsequent years,
after years;
morrow;
millennium,
doomsday,
day of judgment,
crack of doom,
remote future.
approach of time advent,
time drawing on,
womb of time;
destiny
etc.
152;
eventuality.
heritage,
heirs posterity.
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507;
foresight
etc.
510.
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Roget 498:
intelligence,
capacity,
comprehension,
understanding;
cuteness,
sabe [U.S.],
savvy [U.S.];
intellect
etc.
450;
nous [Fr.],
parts,
sagacity,
mother wit,
wit,
esprit,
gumption,
quick parts,
grasp of intellect;
acuteness
etc.
adj.;
acumen,
subtlety,
penetration,
perspicacy†,
perspicacity;
discernment,
due sense of,
good judgment;
discrimination
etc.
465;
cunning
etc.
702;
refinement
etc.
(taste)
850.
head,
brains,
headpiece,
upper story,
long head;
eagle eye,
eagle-glance;
eye of a lynx,
eye of a hawk.
wisdom,
sapience,
sense;
good sense,
common sense,
horse sense [U.S.],
plain sense;
rationality,
reason;
reasonableness
etc.
adj.;
judgment;
solidity,
depth,
profundity,
caliber;
enlarged views;
reach of thought,
compass of thought;
enlargement of mind.
genius,
inspiration,
geist [G.],
fire of genius,
heaven-born genius,
soul;
talent
etc.
(aptitude)
698.
[Wisdom in action]
prudence
etc.
864;
vigilance
etc.
459;
tact
etc.
698;
foresight
etc.
510;
sobriety,
self-possession,
aplomb,
ballast.
a bright thought,
not a bad idea.
Solomon-like wisdom.
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Roget 507:
expectation,
expectance,
expectancy;
anticipation,
reckoning,
calculation;
foresight
etc.
510.
contemplation,
prospection†,
lookout;
prospect,
perspective,
horizon,
vista;
destiny
etc.
152.
suspense,
waiting,
abeyance;
curiosity
etc.
455;
anxious expectation,
ardent expectation,
eager expectation,
breathless expectation,
sanguine expectation;
torment of Tantalus.
hope
etc.
858;
trust
etc.
(belief)
484;
auspices
etc.
(prediction)
511;
assurance,
confidence,
presumption,
reliance.
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2 foresight
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing.
synonyms: farsightedness, prevision, prospicience.
Roget 510:
foresight,
prospicience†,
prevision,
long-sightedness;
anticipation;
providence
etc.
(preparation)
673.
forethought,
forecast;
predeliberation†,
presurmise†;
foregone conclusion
etc.
(prejudgment)
481;
prudence
etc.
(caution)
864.
foreknowledge;
prognosis;
precognition,
prescience,
prenotion†,
presentiment;
second sight;
sagacity
etc.
(intelligence)
498;
antepast†,
prelibation†,
prophasis†.
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507;
foretaste;
prospectus
etc.
(plan)
626.
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Polish: dalekowzroczność, dalekosiężność
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