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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

focusing specifically on a forethrought, or thinking of the future;

e.g. Her forethoughtful demeanor allowed them to stay calm in the wake of a natural disaster.

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Similar Words

Aforethought

Farsighted

Forehanded

Forward

Forward-looking

Prepense

Prescient

Proactive

Provident

Visionary

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Opposite Words

Automatic

Cursory

Derelict

Drive-by

Extravagant

Flying

Gadarene

Hasty

Headlong

Helter-skelter

Horseback

Hurried

Improvident

Incautious

Instinctive

Involuntary

Knee

Knee-jerk

Lax

Lazy

Mechanic

Mechanical

Mindless

Myopic

Neglectful

Negligent

Pell-mell

Pellmell

Precipitate

Precipitous

Prodigal

Profligate

Rash

Reactive

Remiss

Retrospective

Shortsighted

Slack

Spendthrift

Spontaneous

Thriftless

Unadvised

Unguarded

Unsafe

Unthrifty

Visceral

Wasteful

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Related Words

Advised

Alert

Calculated

Chary

Circumspect

Conservative

Considerate

Considered

Deliberate

Discerning

Discreet

Gingerly

Heedful

Insightful

Intelligent

Judicious

Measured

Perceptive

Percipient

Prudent

Safe

Sagacious

Sage

Sapient

Studied

Thoughtful

Wise

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