Dictionary Definition
foreknowledge n : knowledge of an event before it
occurs [syn: precognition]
User Contributed Dictionary
Extensive Definition
articles on prescience (foreknowledge):
- as the faculty of forethought, see planning, forecasting
- as a paranormal faculty, see precognition, premonition
- as divinely inspired, see prophecy
- as an attribute of God, see omniscience
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
apprehension, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception, conceptualization,
decree, foreboding, foredestiny, foregone
conclusion, foreknowing, foreordination, foreseeability, forewisdom, grasp, grip, ideation, intellection, intelligence, mastery, mental grasp, necessity, precognition, predestination, predetermination,
prehension, preordination, presage, prescience, presentiment, savvy, understanding, wisdom