foresee
Know in advance
To foresee something is to know or expect it before it happens: No one could have foreseen the crash, I foresee difficulties ahead.
The word implies anticipation based on insight, judgment, or reasoning rather than supernatural vision—though prophets and psychics also foresee.
What's foreseeable could reasonably have been anticipated; the unforeseeable could not.
Declare future outcomes
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foretellPredict future events
- projectPlanned, effortful task
extrapolate · conjecture · speculate · envision · envisage · divine · augur · presage
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augury · omen · clairvoyance · premonition · revelation · sibyl · portent · harbinger
Careful, wise judgment
- planningArranging for future events
- preparationArranging things in advance
- providenceDivine protective care
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
circumspection · sagacity · precaution · premeditation · proactivity · anticipation · provision · contingency
Form mental pictures
- imagineForm mental pictures
- envisionPicture in thought
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- pictureVisual depiction of something
dream · fantasize · ideate · conjure · contemplate · preconceive · mental image · mind's eye
predict
Declare future outcomes
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foretellPredict future events
project · extrapolate · conjecture · speculate · envision · envisage · divine · augur · presage · portend
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
divination · augury · omen · clairvoyance · premonition · revelation · sibyl · portent · harbinger · tarot
prudence
Careful, wise judgment
- planningArranging for future events
- preparationArranging things in advance
- providenceDivine protective care
wisdom · circumspection · sagacity · precaution · premeditation · proactivity · anticipation · provision · contingency · strategy
visualize
Form mental pictures
picture · dream · fantasize · ideate · conjure · contemplate · preconceive · mental image · mind's eye
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- expectationsexpect, expectation, anticipate, expectancy, await
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- foretellingpredict, prophesy, foretell, divine, prognosticate
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- future intentionswant to, going to, aim to, will, shall
foreseeoverlook
Miss or commanding view
miss · ignore · misjudge · misinterpret · unsuspecting
foresight, unforeseen, foreseen, foreseeable, foresees, foreseeing, foresaw, unforeseeable, foresights