forethoughts
Prior mental preparation
Forethoughts are considerations or plans made in advance.
The word appears almost exclusively in the phrase with malice aforethought, a legal term describing premeditated intent to harm.
Outside legal contexts, forethought (singular) is far more common: With a little forethought, we could have avoided this mess.
Advance planning of action
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- preparationArranging things in advance
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
consideration · advance planning · forward thinking · scheming · strategizing · calculation · preplanning · intention
Advance planning of action
- motiveReason for action
- purposeReason something exists
- designPurposeful creative planning
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
aim · intent · deliberateness · calculation · predetermination · willfulness · aforethought · malice aforethought
Advance sense of future events
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- worryTroubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- uneaseMild persistent worry
misgiving · presentiment · foreboding · caution · wariness · hesitation · reservation · doubt
premeditation
Advance planning of action
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- preparationArranging things in advance
deliberation · consideration · advance planning · forward thinking · scheming · strategizing · calculation · preplanning · intention · design
premeditation
Advance planning of action
plan · aim · intent · deliberateness · calculation · predetermination · willfulness · aforethought · malice aforethought · criminal intent
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- worryTroubled mental state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
unease · misgiving · presentiment · foreboding · caution · wariness · hesitation · reservation · doubt · trepidation
forethoughtsafterthoughts
Late-arriving ideas
hindsight · retrospection · second thoughts · postmortems · reflections
forethoughtsimpulses
Sudden inclinations to act
spontaneity · snap judgments · knee-jerk reactions · whims · rashness