hindsight
/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/
hindsight noun: realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
Noun
hindsight (countable and uncountable, plural hindsights)
- Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
- You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.
- In hindsight, I realize that I should have studied harder for the exam.
- Antonyms:
- foresight
- The rear sight of a firearm.
- Holonym: iron sights
hindsight meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
hindsight in Tamil
- பின்னறிவு
hindsight in Bengali
- অতীতের ঘটনা পর্যালোচনার ক্ষমতা
hindsight in Malayalam
- hindsight
- അകക്കണ്ണ് akakkaṇṇŭ, കണ്ണ് kaṇṇŭ
hindsight in Kannada
- after-the-fact realisation or understanding
- ಹಿನ್ನೋಟ hinnōṭa
Examples of hindsight in a sentence
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- In hindsight, I should have quit that job sooner.
- It’s only in hindsight that I’m able to appreciate just how high my star had risen.
Synonyms of hindsight
Antonyms
Forms of hindsight
| plural | hindsights |
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Origin of hindsight
From hind + sight, 19th c. Compare Latinate retrospect.
Words formed from hindsight
Phrases with hindsight
Questions about hindsight
- What does hindsight mean?
- Hindsight means realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
- What is hindsight in Tamil?
- Hindsight in Tamil is பின்னறிவு. See Hindsight meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hindsight?
- Hindsight is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hindsight?
- Hindsight is pronounced /ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/.
- What is the plural of hindsight?
- The plural of hindsight is hindsights.
Words near hindsight in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hindsight (page history and authors); hindsight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hindsight (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അകക്കണ്ണ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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