foresight
Seeing problems early
Foresight is the ability to anticipate what lies ahead and prepare for it.
Someone with foresight sees problems before they arrive: She had the foresight to save money before the recession.
The word implies wisdom and planning—foresight prevents regret.
It can also mean the front sight on a firearm, used for aiming.
Ability to see
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- far-sightednessDifficulty focusing nearby
- forward-thinkingAnticipating future needs
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
innovation · pioneering · trailblazing · trendspotting · imagination · creativity · big-picture · moonshot
State of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
precaution · provision · contingency · roadmap · blueprint · scheduling · coordination · prioritization
Foretelling of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
soothsaying · fortune-telling · scrying · tarot · astrology · palmistry · seer · prophet
Good judgment from experience
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
caution · wariness · vigilance · mindfulness · deliberation · judiciousness · shrewdness · acumen
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
inkling · sense · perception · awareness · feeling
Something that extends outward
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- estimationApproximate value judgment
outlook · prognosis · speculation · conjecture · anticipation · futurology · early-warning
vision
Ability to see
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- far-sightednessDifficulty focusing nearby
- forward-thinkingAnticipating future needs
futurism · innovation · pioneering · trailblazing · trendspotting · imagination · creativity · big-picture · moonshot
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
prudence · precaution · provision · contingency · roadmap · blueprint · scheduling · coordination · prioritization · budgeting
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
augury · soothsaying · fortune-telling · scrying · tarot · astrology · palmistry · seer · prophet · psychic
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- sagacityPenetrating mental acuity
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
circumspection · caution · wariness · vigilance · mindfulness · deliberation · judiciousness · shrewdness · acumen · perspicacity
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
foreboding · inkling · sense · perception · awareness · feeling
projection
Something that extends outward
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
estimation · outlook · prognosis · speculation · conjecture · anticipation · futurology · early-warning
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- Predictionprediction, estimation, extrapolation, prognosis, projection
- tactical awarenessspatial awareness, observation, focus, perception, risk assessment
- big picture thinkingvision, strategy, perspective, overview, long-term planning
- farsightednesshyperopia, presbyopia, longsightedness, forethought, prescience
- hidden powerssixth sense, mind reading, telepathy, telekinesis, psychic ability
foresighthindsight
Recognition after the fact
retrospection · looking back · backward glance · afterthought · post-mortem
foresightimprovidence
Lack of foresight
shortsightedness · imprudence · recklessness · thoughtlessness · carelessness
foresightmyopia
Blurry distance vision
shortsightedness · short-sightedness · nearsightedness · short-termism · narrow-mindedness