foreknowledge

Noun

Meaning

Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

precognition prudence portent second-sight understanding intelligence predict insight prediction prospect prophecy caution intuition anticipation instinct
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Antonyms

gospel fact evidence axiom accuracy confidence
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Hypernyms

second-sight clairvoyance esp extrasensory perception E.S.P.

Related terms

foreknow

Phrases with the word

with foreknowledge

Examples

Maimonides asserted the compatibility of free will with foreknowledge of God (Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Teshuvah 5). Source: Internet

However, God's decrees represent His foreknowledge of the human choices, not His intervention to force people to choose. Source: Internet

Did the employee have forewarning or foreknowledge of the possible or probable disciplinary consequences of the employee's conduct? Source: Internet

Insurance spokesman Bill Bailey suggested some foreknowledge of this future when he told GCN that the rich would be coming and that this would be a good thing for Mississippi. Source: Internet

President Obama claims little or no foreknowledge of the NSA spying on allies or the 'debacle' of the new health-care law's website. Source: Internet

Human beings have foreknowledge of their own eventual fate and this "terror" is present in every moment of our lives as a reminder of the impermanent nature of life and of our inability to control this change. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

foreknower foreknowing foreknowingly foreknown forel forelady