premeditate
Plot in advance
To premeditate is to plan or consider an action beforehand, especially a harmful one.
The word appears most often in legal contexts: premeditated murder is killing with prior intent, distinguished from crimes of passion or accident.
Outside law, premeditated suggests calculated deliberation: a premeditated insult, nothing about the evening felt premeditated.
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- assaultViolent offensive act
crime · malice aforethought · felony · perpetrator · culprit · defendant · prosecutor · verdict
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
contrive · mastermind · engineer · design · strategize · coordinate · choreograph · arrange
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- purposefulDone with intention
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- consciousMentally present and alert
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
voluntary · calculated · intended · witting · preconceived · preplanned · predetermined · studied
State of awaiting something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
reflection · contemplation · prudence · circumspection · advance planning · aforethought · preconception · predetermination
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
assault · crime · malice aforethought · felony · perpetrator · culprit · defendant · prosecutor · verdict · conviction
deliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
devise · contrive · mastermind · engineer · design · strategize · coordinate · choreograph · arrange · prepare
deliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- purposefulDone with intention
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- consciousMentally present and alert
knowing · voluntary · calculated · intended · witting · preconceived · preplanned · predetermined · studied · considered
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- precautionPreventive safety measure
consideration · reflection · contemplation · prudence · circumspection · advance planning · aforethought · preconception · predetermination · prescience
premeditateimprovise
Perform without preparation
wing it · ad-lib · extemporize · play it by ear · fly by the seat of one's pants
- premeditated murderDeliberate, planned killing
premeditated, unpremeditated, premeditation, premeditating, premeditatedly, premeditates, premeditations