3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forehanded \Fore"hand`ed\, a. 1. Early; timely; seasonable. "Forehanded care." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 3. Formed in the forehand or fore parts. [1913 Webster] A substantial, true-bred beast, bravely forehanded. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: forehanded adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke [syn: {forehand(a)}] [ant: {backhand(a)}] 2: having provided for the future From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 55 Moby Thesaurus words for "forehanded": Scotch, anticipant, anticipative, anticipatory, beforetime, bright and early, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, clairvoyant, conserving, divinatory, early, economic, economizing, farseeing, farsighted, forehand, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, in good time, intuitive, labor-saving, longsighted, money-saving, parsimonious, penny-wise, precautional, precautionary, precautious, precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, prevenient, provident, providential, provisional, prudent, prudential, ready, sagacious, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, unwasteful
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