Foresight

Origin

- + sight

Full definition of foresight

Noun

1. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
2. the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
3. (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object

Synonyms

• (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

Antonyms

• hindsight

Derived terms

• foresightly
• foresighty

Related terms

• foresee
• backsight

Anagrams

• gift horse, gift-horse