Definitions

aforethought

[uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-] / əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr- /

ADJECTIVE

considered

Synonyms

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studied treated

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advised contemplated designed examined express investigated mediated premeditated weighed

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designful given due consideration gone into intentional prepense studious thought-about thought-through voluntary well advised well-chosen willful

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disregarded forgotten neglected unplanned unstudied

ADJECTIVE

deliberate

Synonyms

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calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful

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advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed

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cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate prepense provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting

Antonyms

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careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful

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indefinite unplanned

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chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting

ADJECTIVE

intended

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calculated contracted designed expected planned predetermined promised proposed

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advised affianced betrothed contemplated meant pinned plighted prearranged predestined set steady

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accidentally on purpose asked for future intentional

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unfixed

ADJECTIVE

intentional

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calculated premeditated voluntary willful

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designed

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advised considered designful done on purpose intended meant meditated planned prearranged proposed purposed studied unforced willing witting

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involuntary unwilling

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accidental unintentional unplanned

ADJECTIVE

premeditated

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calculated conscious deliberate intentional willful

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advised considered contrived designed fixed purposed rigged studied

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framed up laid-out prepense set-up sewn-up stacked deck thought-out

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unintentional

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unplanned

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accidental casual spontaneous

ADJECTIVE

studied

Synonyms

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calculated considered designed planned prepared thoughtful

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advised affected deliberate examined investigated plotted premeditated reviewed willing

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conscious gone into prepense purposeful studious thought-about thought-out thought-through voluntary well-considered willful

Antonyms

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natural spontaneous unintentional unplanned

Example Sentences

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Everything he has done in his whole life has been with malice aforethought.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022

Ramos’s premeditation, or malice aforethought, is manifest also through time.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019

As Regina George, the reigning mean girl with malice aforethought, Taylor Louderman is a contender for lead actress in a musical.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2018

Armando Iannucci’s absurdist comedy reveals this in an extremely loose manner of speaking, with malice aforethought, straight-faced glee and formidable sharpshooting that occasionally misfires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2018

But her very eye and gesture told him that she had marked him as he stood there, and had chosen the very seat on which her partner had placed her of malice aforethought.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

aforethought

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