Synonyms for prescient

Grammar : Adj

Spell : presh-uh nt, ‐ee-uh nt pree-shuh nt, ‐shee-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛʃ ənt, ‐i ənt ˈpri ʃənt, ‐ʃi ənt

Définition of prescient

Origin : 1620s, from Middle French prescient (15c.) and directly from Latin praescientem (nominative praesciens), present participle of praescire (see prescience).

adj perceptive

Example sentences :

She stood still, but there was a prescient flash in her eyes as she looked at him.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

Her words overpowered me almost by the weight of prescient meaning she gave them.
Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson

A guy with a dream—or perhaps a prescient glimpse of his own future.
Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

She looked at him with an inquiry which held a sort of prescient reserve.
Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

For one who is not prescient of all future things is not God.
Extract from : « The City of God, Volume I » by Aurelius Augustine

There had been other instances of perception of a presence and of a prescient foreboding.
Extract from : « Chantry House » by Charlotte M. Yonge

How prescient of disaster they had felt—but how little they had appraised its force!
Extract from : « The Story of Old Fort Loudon » by Charles Egbert Craddock

A conclusion so prescient that her brother gasped with astonishment.
Extract from : « The Song of the Wolf » by Frank Mayer

She squeezed the bundle closer with the prescient pang of parting.
Extract from : « The Christmas Angel » by Abbie Farwell Brown

In this arrangement Caleb proved himself, as usual, prescient.
Extract from : « Pearl-Maiden » by H. Rider Haggard

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