Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing adjective - Indistinctly prophetic.
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Synonyms for Foreshadowing
Prescient and foreshadowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prescient" instead an adjective "Foreshadowing".
Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed
Prescient
Prescient adjective - Having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future.
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Synonyms for Prescient
Foreshadowing and prescient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreshadowing" instead an adjective "Prescient".
Nearby Word: prescience
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Related pairs
- foreboding and foreshadowing
- foreboding and prescient
- ominous and foreshadowing
- ominous and prescient
- prognostic and foreshadowing
- prognostic and prescient
- augural and foreshadowing
- augural and prescient
- oracular and foreshadowing
- oracular and prescient
- prophetic and foreshadowing
- prophetic and prescient
- presaging and foreshadowing
- presaging and prescient
Both words in one sentence
- Foreshadowing: Henry's concerns toward the end of The Pool of Fire are awfully prescient, considering the Bittersweet Ending.
Source: Literature / The Tripods - On a separate note, the movie was also eerily prescient, foreshadowing the replacement of boy bands and pop princesses with power pop (Good Charlotte, Paramore) and singer-songwriters (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne) following the Turn of the Millennium.
Source: Fake Band
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