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farseeing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective farseeing has 2 senses
- farseeing(s = adj.all) eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, longsighted - capable of seeing to a great distance; Array
- farseeing(s = adj.all) farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient - planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
CIDE DICTIONARY
farseeing, a.
- Able to see to a great distance; farsighted. [1913 Webster]
- Having foresight as regards the future. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
farseeing
Argus-eyed, acute, anticipant, anticipatory, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, astute, cat-eyed, clairvoyant, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, cogent, discerning, divinatory, eagle-eyed, eye-minded, farsighted, ferret-eyed, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, hawk-eyed, incisive, intuitive, longheaded, longsighted, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, provident, providential, prudent, ready, sagacious, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, telescopic, trenchant, understandingROGET THESAURUS
farseeing
Foresight
N foresight, prospicience, prevision, long- sightedness, anticipation, providence, forethought, forecast, predeliberation, presurmise, foregone conclusion, prudence, foreknowledge, prognosis, precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment, second sight, sagacity, antepast, prelibation, prophasis, prospect, foretaste, prospectus, foreseeing, prescient, farseeing, farsighted, sagacious, weatherwise, provident, prospective, against the time when, cernit omnia Deus vindex, mihi cura futuri, run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.
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