foresighted

Examples

• All

• Through his foresighted migratory movements, May left kinship group members resources that they used to build their futures.

  Academic text (2011)

• He was a remarkably foresighted ecologist, at a moment when the new science was just taking root.

  Academic text (2007)

• Suppose you are intelligent and foresighted.

  Blog text (16)

• Very foresighted of Matchbox to provide something of that scale all those years ago.

  Blog text (11)

• By late 1944, however, the war was winding down, and foresighted educators looked to the period that would follow.

  Academic text (1995)

• As such, the Lone Star Republic became the next logical sojourn for a foresighted, rapidly expanding kinship group like the Mannings.

  Academic text (2011)

• Christie has proven himself to be three things that are vanishingly scarce in the modern Republican Party: smart, foresighted, and committed to his constituents; we provide enough for those who have too little.

  Blog text (7)

• The company's foresighted strategy helped it thrive during economic downturns.

• Her foresighted approach to saving money ensured she would be financially secure in retirement.

• The architect was foresighted in designing the building to withstand natural disasters.

Synonyms

P

prudent

vsforesighted

94 6.2

Being careful and thinking ahead when you make decisions

emphasizes the skill to anticipate needs and plan ahead proactively

P

prescient

vsforesighted

• Formal

16 8.9

Knowing about things before they happen

is about anticipating needs and planning prudently rather than just predicting

C

clairvoyant

vsforesighted

9 9.3

Showing or claiming the ability to see events before they happen

focuses on sensible anticipation and practical planning not supernatural seeing

F

farsighted

vsforesighted

3 4.6

Able to plan well for the future

is centered on anticipating and planning with careful prudence ahead

P

precognitive

vsforesighted

2 9.9

To know about an event before it happens

emphasizes planning and prudent anticipation not only passive knowing of events

F

foresightful

vsforesighted

8.1

Able to think about and plan for the future

is more about planning with careful prudence for future needs

P

prospicient

vsforesighted

• Archaic

9.9

To plan carefully for the future

is about anticipating needs and planning with careful prudence

L

longsighted

vsforesighted

• UK

6.7

Able to think ahead and plan for the future

is mainly about anticipating specific future needs and acting beforehand

F

farseeing

vsforesighted

7.5

Able to plan ahead to avoid future problems

focuses on anticipating and planning for nearer future needs rather than distant ones

F

forethoughtful

vsforesighted

• Archaic

8.0

Careful when planning ahead to avoid problems

highlights anticipating and planning ahead with sensible cautious thinking

F

forehanded

vsforesighted

• Archaic

9.1

Prepared for the future by planning or saving

focuses on the ability to anticipate and plan rather than past provisions

P

planful

vsforesighted

• US

6.5

Organized and ready because you think about steps beforehand

is more about anticipating future needs and making prudent plans

P

preactive

vsforesighted

7.7

Acting before a problem or event happens to avoid it

focuses on ability to anticipate needs and create careful future plans

S

second-sighted

vsforesighted

• Archaic

9.9

Able to see events before they happen

is practical anticipation and planning not claimed psychic prediction

Antonyms

S

shortsighted

17 5.2

Not thinking about the future or the later results of actions

How Foresighted

prescient

• Formal

16 8.9

foresighted

1 6.5

cautious

210 2.9

shortsighted

17 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology