forethought

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fore=thought

CIDE DICTIONARY

forethought, a. 

 Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

forethought, n. 

 A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care.  [1913 Webster]
"A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

forethought, n.
1 care or provision for the future.
2 previous thinking or devising.
3 deliberate intention.

THESAURUS

forethought

TLC, aforethought, anticipation, approach, arrangement, attack, attention, blueprint, blueprinting, calculatedness, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, charting, circumspection, circumspectness, conception, concern, consideration, contrivance, deliberateness, deliberation, design, device, discreetness, discretion, disposition, enterprise, envisagement, express intention, expressness, figuring, forearming, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness, game, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, gumption, heed, heedfulness, idea, insurance, intention, intentionality, judgment, layout, lineup, long-range plan, loving care, mapping, master plan, measures, method, methodology, mindfulness, operations research, organization, plan, planning, planning function, plotting, prearrangement, precaution, precautions, precautiousness, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, premeditation, preparedness, preresolution, preventive measure, procedure, program, program of action, protection, providence, provision, rationalization, regard, regardfulness, safeguard, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, sense, setup, solicitude, steps, steps and measures, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, tender loving care, the big picture, the picture, thoughtfulness, way, working plan

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Care

N care, solicitude, heed, heedfulness, scruple, watchfulness, vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre, alertness, attention, prudence &c, circumspection, anxiety, forethought, precaution, tidiness accuracy, minuteness, attention to detail, careful regardful, heedful, taking care, particular, prudent, considerate, thoughtful, provident, alert, sure-footed, guarded, on one's guard, on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout, awake, broad awake, vigilant, watchful, wakeful, wistful, Argus-eyed, wide awake, on the watch for (expectant), tidy accurate, scrupulous, cavendo tutus, carefully, with care, gingerly, quis custodiet istos custodes?, who will watch the watchers?, care will kill a cat, ni bebas agua que no veas, O polished perturbation! Golden care!, the incessant care and labor of his mind.

Foresight

N foresight, prospicience, prevision, long- sightedness, anticipation, providence, forethought, forecast, predeliberation, presurmise, foregone conclusion, prudence, foreknowledge, prognosis, precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment, second sight, sagacity, antepast, prelibation, prophasis, prospect, foretaste, prospectus, foreseeing, prescient, farseeing, farsighted, sagacious, weatherwise, provident, prospective, against the time when, cernit omnia Deus vindex, mihi cura futuri, run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.