PRECOGNITION Synonyms

• apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

• clear or deep perception of a situation

• a feeling of understanding

• the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

• grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

• instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

• an impression that something might be the case

• a feeling of evil to come

• an early warning about a future event

• the power to foresee the future

• knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• a vivid mental image

• the ability to see; the visual faculty

• the perceptual experience of seeing

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

• an expectation

• something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment