forewarned
Given advance notice
Forewarned means warned in advance, alerted to something before it happens.
The past participle of forewarn functions as an adjective: Forewarned is forearmed—knowing what's coming lets you prepare.
We were forewarned about the road closures.
The warning typically concerns danger, difficulty, or unpleasantness ahead.
Warning or watchfulness
- heads-upInformal advance warning
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- notificationFormal notice given
- tip-offAdvance secret warning
advisory · signal · alarm · intelligence · briefing · counsel · admonition · guidance
Belief about future outcomes
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
prediction · forecast · presentiment · foreknowledge · intuition · suspicion · inkling · hunch
State of being prepared
- preparationArranging things in advance
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- planningArranging for future events
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
alertness · awareness · forethought · provision · groundwork · contingency · strategy · equipped
Careful attention to risk
- warinessCautious distrust
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- heedfulnessQuality of being alert
discretion · carefulness · watchfulness · guardedness · judiciousness · foresight · wisdom · shrewdness
alert
Warning or watchfulness
- heads-upInformal advance warning
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- notificationFormal notice given
tip-off · advisory · signal · alarm · intelligence · briefing · counsel · admonition · guidance · notice
expectation
Belief about future outcomes
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
foresight · prediction · forecast · presentiment · foreknowledge · intuition · suspicion · inkling · hunch · sense
readiness
State of being prepared
- preparationArranging things in advance
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- planningArranging for future events
vigilance · alertness · awareness · forethought · provision · groundwork · contingency · strategy · equipped · informed
caution
Careful attention to risk
- warinessCautious distrust
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
heedfulness · discretion · carefulness · watchfulness · guardedness · judiciousness · foresight · wisdom · shrewdness · astuteness
forewarnedblindsided
Surprised by unforeseen impact
taken by surprise · unforewarned · uninformed · oblivious · caught off guard
forewarnedvulnerable
Open to attack
defenseless · unprepared · exposed · unguarded · unprotected
- forewarned is forearmedKnowing ahead lets you prepare