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foresightful

foresightful adjective: having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent.

Adjective

foresightful (comparative more foresightful, superlative most foresightful)

  1. Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent

Forms of foresightful

comparativemore foresightful
superlativemost foresightful

Origin of foresightful

From foresight + -ful.

Words formed from foresightful

Questions about foresightful

What does foresightful mean?
Foresightful means having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent.
What part of speech is foresightful?
Foresightful is an adjective.

Words near foresightful in the dictionary

  1. foresides
  2. foresight
  3. foresighted
  4. foresightedly
  5. foresightedness
  6. foresightful
  7. foresightfully
  8. foresightfulness
  9. foresightless
  10. foresightlessness
  11. foresightly

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