Forethoughtful

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈfɔɹθɔtfÊŠl/
• RP IPA: /ˈfɔːθɔːtfÊŠl/
• Hyphenation: fore + thought + ful

Origin

From - + thoughtful; or forethought + -ful.

Full definition of forethoughtful

Adjective

1. Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.
• 1827, Thomas Aird, Religious Characteristics, William Blackwood (Edinburgh), p. 290 (Google preview):But we live in an age of the world when a spirit is abroad which is more than directly and blessedly influential on the present,— which is forethoughtful and prospective, casting its relations like strong grappling-irons over the future, and claiming its issues.
• 1913, Stewart Edward White, Gold, ch. 3:Meal times always caught the majority unaware. They tumbled and jostled down the companionways only to find the wise and forethoughtful had preëmpted every chair.
• 2006, Roger MacBride Allen, BSI Starside: The Cause of Death, ISBN 9780553901382, p. 225 (Google preview):And I should have been forethoughtful enough to see the looming danger.

Derived terms

• forethoughtfully
• forethoughtfulness