foreknew
Had prior knowledge
Foreknew is the past tense of foreknow, meaning to know something before it happens or exists.
The word carries a formal or literary tone and often appears in religious contexts discussing divine omniscience: God foreknew the fall of man.
In secular use: She foreknew the outcome but said nothing.
Divine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- preordinationPrior divine decree
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
foreboding · presentiment · inkling · sense · feeling · instinct · suspicion · forewarning
Foretelling of future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
vision · revelation · augury · soothsaying · sibyl · presage · portent · omen
providence
Divine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
gut feeling · foreboding · presentiment · inkling · sense · feeling · instinct · suspicion · forewarning · apprehension
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
clairvoyance · vision · revelation · augury · soothsaying · sibyl · presage · portent · omen · harbinger
anticipated
Expected in advance
- expectedRegarded as likely
- predictedDeclared in advance
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
reasoned · deduced · inferred · surmised · projected · estimated · foresaw · foresight · forethought · planning