prescient UK /ˈpɹɛsiənt/US /ˈpɹɛʃ(i)ənt/ adjective1 •Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.And if the praescient Muses guide my Lay, / Or, future Secrets, Phoebus can display, / The Day shall shine distinguish'd from the rest, / That Anna dignify'd, and Hymen blest; […] — 1733 formsmore prescient · most prescient