Word Meanings - FORESIGHTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.
Related words: (words related to FORESIGHTED)
- FUTURELY
In time to come. Raleigh. - PRUDENT
1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or - FUTURE
That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. Future tense , the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event. - PROVIDENTLY
In a provident manner. - PRUDENTIAL
1. Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives. " A prudential line of conduct." Sir W. Scott. - PRUDENTIALIST
One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. Coleridge. - SAGACIOUS
quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration - FUTURELESS
Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells. - PRUDENTIALITY
The quality or state of being prudential. Sir T. Browne. - PRUDENTIALLY
In a prudential manner; prudently. South. - PROVIDENT
Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. And of our good and of our dignity, - BARTRAM
See JOHNSON - PROVIDENTIAL
Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv. - PRUDENTLY
In a prudent manner. - PROVIDENTNESS
The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy. - IMPRUDENT
Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype. Syn. - IMPROVIDENTLY
In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton. - JURISPRUDENT
Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West. - UNPRUDENTIAL
Imprudent. "The most unwise and unprudential act." Milton. - UNPROVIDENT
Improvident. "Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak. - JURISPRUDENTIAL
Of or pertaining to jurisprudence. Stewart. - IMPROVIDENTIALLY
Improvidently. - UNPRUDENT
Imprudent. - OVERPROVIDENT
Too provident.