Hindsight

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  • noun. Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
  • noun. The rear sight of a firearm.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Backward sight or perception; knowledge or comprehension of what is past; afterthought: humorously opposed to foresight.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.
  • noun. Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made.
  • noun. undefined
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
  • noun. The rear sight of a firearm
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
    • Word Usage
    "The part that amazed me most, in hindsight, is just how wildly vocal and open he was about it."
    Equivalent
    twenty-twenty hindsight  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    apprehension  discernment  savvy  understanding  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    non-seeing  party-political  remaining'  survivorship  whom  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    commitment to memory  exercise of memory  flashback  learning by heart  looking back  
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