FORESIGHTEDNESS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

foresightedness

noun

as in vision

concern or preparation for the future thanks to your foresightedness, we have enough ice and food to last through the blackout

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Recent Examples of foresightedness All that’s been missing, in the president’s view, is a Fed chair with Greenspan’s foresightedness. — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 All that’s been missing, in the president’s view, is a Fed chair with Greenspan’s foresightedness. — Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 All that's been missing, in the president’s view, is a Fed chair with Greenspan’s foresightedness. — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026

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Noun

For Paules, the founder of Friends of Prefab, the technology is only a means to a social vision of affordable housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
During his 24 years on the Board of Supervisors, Haggerty’s vision of a connected Bay Area laid the groundwork for some of the largest infrastructure projects under construction today.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of vision

Noun

Papyrologist Federica Nicolardi said on Thursday at the same event that the team has already identified a number of intriguing passages, including some on the nature of deities and providence.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
That there is no providence, only circumstance.

— Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026

Definition of providence

Noun

His interdisciplinary foresight inspired one of the most popular museums in the United States, the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Roosevelt had the incredible foresight to look 100 years into the future.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

Definition of foresight

Noun

Given that Morocco tends to present itself as being ahead of other countries in the region, a lack of farsightedness over such a basic issue is highly unusual.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Indeed, estimates vary depending on age and how hyperopia is measured, but the National Eye Institute reports that farsightedness affects roughly 5% to 10% of Americans today.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of farsightedness

Noun

And, for those with the forethought to pre-order one, there are few whole Peking ducks every night.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
To Zotkina, the tooth is a piece in the mounting body of evidence that Neanderthals were capable of forethought and reasoning.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 May 2026

Definition of forethought

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