foresighted

1. 1.

   planning prudently for the future

   “large goals that required farsighted policies”

   “took a long view of the geopolitical issues”

   Synonymsfarseeingfarsightedforesightfulprospicientlonglongsighted

   Similarprovident

Questions about foresighted

What does foresighted mean?

foresighted means "planning prudently for the future".

How many syllables are in foresighted?

foresighted has 4 syllables: fo-re-sigh-ted. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for foresighted?

Close synonyms include farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, prospicient, long. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foresighted a common word?

foresighted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.