Synonyms for predict
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Foretell — to make a prediction, to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and…
foretell, forecast, foresee, presage, foreshadow, prophesy, augur, portend, omen, prognosticate, divine, prefigure, vaticinate formal, auspicate, betoken, forespell, bode dated, foreshow dated
2. Anticipate
Definitions
- v. 1
To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- v. 2
To imply.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- predicted
e.g. predicted → forecasted, foreseen, presaged, foreshadowed…
Example sentences
- forecast I wonder what’s the weather forecast for tomorrow.
- foresee No one can foresee how that result will turn out.
- foretell It's completely impossible to foretell his reaction.
- presage A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
By length
- 4 letters
- call1, omen2, bode1
- 5 letters
- augur2
- 6 letters
- divine2, halsen
- 7 letters
- promise2, foresee2, presage2, portend2, betoken
- 8 letters
- forecast2, prophesy, foretell2, forebode2, foreshow, forspeak
- 9 letters
- prefigure, auspicate, forespell
- 10 letters
- anticipate4, foreshadow3, vaticinate
- 13 letters
- prognosticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omen2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prédire
- Italiano
- predire
- Español
- vaticinar
- Deutsch
- vorhersagen
- Català
- predir