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Forehanded
/fɔːˈhandɪd/
Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
📖 Definitions of "Forehanded"
adjective
- 1
Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
- 2
Wealthy.
- 3
Executed with a forehand stroke.
- 4
Direct, straightforward, sincere.
adverb
- 1
With a forehand stroke.
🔄 Synonyms of "Forehanded"
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↔️ Antonyms of "Forehanded"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| backhanded | Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forehanded"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| provident | Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. |
| fore-handed | (US) Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent. |
| foresightful | Having, exercising, or characterised by foresight; forward-looking; prudent |
| foresighted | Having foresight; foreseeing; provident. |
| foresighty | (chiefly UK dialectal) Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful. |
| prospective | Likely or expected to happen or become. |
| farsighted | Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation. |
| forethoughtful | Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary. |
| prethoughtful | prudent; having forethought |
| farseeing | Characterized by prudence and foresight |
| previsive | (archaic) Pertaining to prevision or foresight. |
| previsionary | Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic. |
| forethoughted | (archaic) Provided with forethought. |
| prevoyantnoun | foreseeing; prescient |
| previsionalnoun | Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic. |
| forward-looking | Having an interest in the future, and planning for it. |
| forward-thinking | Thinking in a manner that takes the future into account for aforethought plans; progressive. |
| presciousnoun | (obsolete) Foreknowing; prescient. |
| forethoughtnoun | Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation. |
| forward | At, near or towards the front of something. |
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