Antonyms for forethought


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawr-thawt, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔrˌθɔt, ˈfoʊr-


Definition of forethought

Origin :
  • c.1300, from fore- + thought. Old English had foreðencan "to premeditate, consider."
  • noun mental preparedness
Example sentences :
  • In the woods, as nowhere else, you will earn your leisure only by forethought.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • The servants had had the forethought to bring up two lamps with them.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • Only, they had had the forethought to photograph the unidentified.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • The mind of Xenophon: guiding principles, rule of Health, rule of Forethought.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • For most of them she had had the time and the forethought to prepare.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Mrs. Rocke, with her woman's tact and mother's forethought, saw all!
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • He had everything else, he had everything that forethought, ingenuity and science could provide.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The question was torn from the girl without reason or forethought.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • By means of this forethought, and consideration, he will be enabled to work understandingly.
  • Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
  • The feeble-minded have no forethought and no self-restraint.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

Synonyms for forethought

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