Roget's Thesaurus

#510. Foresight

Nouns

foresight, prospicience, prevision, long-sightedness; anticipation; providence etc. (preparation) 673. forethought, forecast; predeliberation, presurmise; foregone conclusion etc. (prejudgment) 481; prudence etc. (caution) 864. foreknowledge; prognosis; precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment; second sight; sagacity etc. (intelligence) 498; antepast, prelibation, prophasis. prospect etc. (expectation) 507; foretaste; prospectus etc. (plan) 626.

Verbs

foresee; look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond; scent from afar; look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future. see one's way; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps. anticipate; expect etc. 507; be beforehand etc. (early) 132; predict etc. 511; foreknow, forejudge, forecast; presurmise; have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance; respicere finem [Lat.]; keep a sharp lookout etc. (vigilance) 459; forewarn etc. 668.

Adjectives

foreseeing etc. v.; prescient; farseeing, farsighted; sagacious etc. (intelligent) 498; weatherwise; provident etc. (prepared) 673; prospective etc. 507.

Adverbs

against the time when.

Phrases

cernit omnia Deus vindex [Lat.]; mihi cura futuri [Lat.]; run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.