precognition
6 synonyms for precognition, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French precognition, or from its source, Latin praecognitio, from praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”). It is a doublet of the Germanic-based foreknowledge and the Greek-based prognosis, and is equivalent to pre- plus cognition.
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