Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for prepense. Search instead for prepens.
Definitions

prepense

[pri-pens] / prɪˈpɛns /
ADJECTIVE
considered
Synonyms
STRONGEST
studied treated
STRONG
advised contemplated designed examined express investigated mediated premeditated weighed
WEAK
aforethought designful given due consideration gone into intentional studious thought-about thought-through voluntary well advised well-chosen willful
Antonyms
WEAK
disregarded forgotten neglected unplanned unstudied
ADJECTIVE
deliberate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated careful cautious cold-blooded conscious meticulous premeditated prudent purposeful studious thoughtful willful
STRONG
advised considered designed express fixed intended judged planned pondered prearranged predetermined projected purposed reasoned resolved schemed studied weighed
WEAK
aforethought cut-and-dried designful done on purpose predesigned predeterminate provident purposive scrupulous thought-out voluntary wary with forethought witting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless heedless ignorant imprudent inattentive incautious thoughtless uncareful unmindful
STRONG
indefinite unplanned
WEAK
chance indeterminate unintentional unmethodical unsystematic unwitting
ADJECTIVE
premeditated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated conscious deliberate intentional willful
STRONG
advised considered contrived designed fixed purposed rigged studied
WEAK
aforethought framed up laid-out set-up sewn-up stacked deck thought-out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unintentional
STRONG
unplanned
WEAK
accidental casual spontaneous
ADJECTIVE
studied
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated considered designed planned prepared thoughtful
STRONG
advised affected deliberate examined investigated plotted premeditated reviewed willing
WEAK
aforethought conscious gone into purposeful studious thought-about thought-out thought-through voluntary well-considered willful
Antonyms
WEAK
natural spontaneous unintentional unplanned

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On this subject he spares no sensibilities, not even his own, minces no words, without malice prepense.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Providence” divine or human, prepense moral or spiritual “foresight,” was a thing in the excellence of which our prophet of divine instinct and inspired flesh could not consistently believe.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

We have no alternative but to believe you guilty, with deliberate forethought, with ‘malice prepense.’

From Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life by Reid, Elizabeth

For the same reason, Macaulay's genuine eloquence is marred by the symptoms of malice prepense.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

I am not going to say that Lizzy Davis did this of "prepense;" I am even candid enough to acknowledge to you that I am not quite sure I can understand her.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.