Synonyms for aforethought
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr- |
Top 10 synonyms for aforethought
- accidentally on purpose
- advised
- affected
- affianced
- aforethought
- asked for
- betrothed
- considered
- contemplated
- contrived
- cut-and-dried
- designful
- done on purpose
- examined
- express
- fixed
- framed up
- future
- given due consideration
- gone into
- intended
- intentional
- investigated
- judged
- laid-out
- meant
- mediated
- meditated
- pinned
- planned
- plighted
- plotted
- pondered
- prearranged
- predesigned
- predestined
- predeterminate
- predetermined
- premeditated
- prepared
- prepense
- projected
- promised
- proposed
- provident
- prudent
- purposed
- purposeful
- purposive
- reasoned
- resolved
- reviewed
- rigged
- schemed
- scrupulous
- set
- set-up
- sewn-up
- stacked deck
- steady
- studied
- studious
- thought out
- thought-about
- thought-out
- thought-through
- thoughtful
- treated
- unforced
- voluntary
- wary
- weighed
- well advised
- well chosen
- well-considered
- willful
- willing
- with forethought
- witting
Définition of aforethought
Origin :- 1580s, from afore + past tense of think. Apparently an English loan-translation of Old French legalese word prepense (see prepense) in malice prepense "malice aforethought" (Coke).
- As in intended : adj engaged; destined
- As in intentional : adj deliberate
- As in premeditated : adj planned, intended
- As in studied : adj intentional
- As in considered : adj deliberate, thought-out
- As in deliberate : adj intentional
- Yet invective singles him out for its one object, and so betrays the aforethought malice of its inspiration.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- If a Frenchman is ever rude, he is rude with malice prepense and aforethought.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876 » by Various
Antonyms for aforethought
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