foresight

Noun

1. The ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
   • Near-synonym: forethought
   • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
   • The rugged forhead that with graue foreſight / Welds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […] - 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for...

   Synonyms: prescience forethought

   Antonyms: hindsight

   Coordinate Terms: foreknowledge clairvoyance precognition prescience divination prophecy psychicness

2. The ability to foresee future events in a supernatural or paranormal way, such as psychically.

   Synonyms: foreknowledge clairvoyance precognition prescience divination prophecy psychicness

   Coordinate Terms: forethought wisdom prescience

3. The front sight on a firearm (e.g., rifle, handgun).
   • Holonym: iron sights

   Antonyms: backsight hindsight

4. A bearing taken forwards towards a new object.