prescience

Definitions

Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.

The faculty of foreseeing the future.

Examples

Her prescience regarding the market crash allowed her to divest her assets well before the economy faltered.

It is difficult to determine whether his success was due to genuine prescience or simply a series of lucky guesses.

Synonyms

foresight precognition divination clairvoyance prognostication far-sightedness prevision

Antonyms

shortsightedness ignorance myopia hindsight obliviousness unawareness thoughtlessness