# prescient

**Pronunciation:** /ˈprɛʃ(i)ənt/ · PRESH-uhnt

**CEFR level:** C1

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Having knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foreseeing the future.

## Examples

- Her prescient warning about the market crash saved many investors from financial ruin.
- The author's prescient novel depicted a future society that eerily resembled our own.
- It was a truly prescient decision to invest in renewable energy years before it became mainstream.

## Synonyms

- prophetic — Suggests a divine or supernatural source of foresight, often relating to significant events.
- clairvoyant — Implies a psychic ability to see beyond normal sensory contact, often used in a spiritual or mystical context.
- far-sighted — Focuses on practical wisdom and planning for the distant future, rather than supernatural insight.
- visionary — Describes someone with original ideas about the future, often inspiring and innovative, not necessarily knowing exact events.

## Antonyms

- myopic — Lacking imagination or intellectual insight; short-sighted.
- unforeseeing — Not anticipating future events or consequences.

## Collocations

- prescient vision — His prescient vision of a global network transformed communication.
- prescient warning — The prescient warning from the expert was initially ignored.

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