prescient
/ˈpɹiːʃɪənt/adjective
Seeming to know about events before they actually happen.
Example sentences
- “Her prescient warning about the housing market proved correct two years later.”
- “The author's prescient novel described smartphones decades before they existed.”
Usually 'PRESH-ent'. Journalists' praise for warnings that proved right: 'a prescient warning about the crash'.