Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of premeditate
- not comparablePlanned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
premeditated assault
5 more examples
a premeditated act of aggression
a premeditated breach of contract
in the face of premeditated criminal acts
caused by grossly negligent or premeditated infringement of duty
There is no proof of premeditated or grossly negligent wrongdoing.
Synonyms: advised, aforethought, forebegotten, foreconceived, preconceived, predesigned, prepense, preplanned · Antonyms: nonpremeditated, unpremeditated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePlanned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُتَعَمَّد, مُبَيَّت
- مُتَعَمَّد (mutaʕammad)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- مُبَيَّت (mubayyat)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- مَدْرُوس (madrūs)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- مُدَبَّر (mudabbar)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- عَن سَبْق إِصْرَار (ʕan sabq ʔiṣrār)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Bulgarian предумишлен
- предумишлен (predumišlen)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Catalan premeditat
- premeditatplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Chinese Mandarin 有預謀的 /有预谋的
- 有預謀的 /有预谋的 (yǒu yùmóu de)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Dutch opzettelijk, met opzet
- opzettelijkplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- met opzetplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- met voorbedachte radeplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Finnish suunniteltu, harkittu
- suunniteltuplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- harkittuplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
French prémédité
- préméditéplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
German vorsätzlich, mit Vorsatz
- vorsätzlichplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- mit Vorsatzplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- geplantplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- vorher überlegtplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Icelandic yfirlagður, að yfirlögðu ráði
- yfirlagðurplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- að yfirlögðu ráðiplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Italian premeditato
- premeditatoplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Latin meditātus
- meditātusplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Malay terancang
- terancangplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Polish rozmyślny, umyślny
- rozmyślnyplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- umyślnyplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Portuguese premeditado
- premeditadoplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Romanian premeditat, deliberat
- premeditatplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- deliberatplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Russian предумы́шленный, преднаме́ренный
- предумы́шленный (predumýšlennyj)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- преднаме́ренный (prednamérennyj)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- умы́шленный (umýšlennyj)planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Spanish premeditado, alevoso
- premeditadoplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- alevosoplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- aleveplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Swedish överlagd
- överlagdplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Turkish kasıtlı, kasti
- kasıtlıplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- kastiplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
- taammüdiplanned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate
Cite this entry
premeditated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditated
“premeditated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premeditated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premeditated.
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