Synonyms for prediction
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Noun
1. Prognostication — A statement of what will happen in the future
prognostication, foretelling, forecasting, forecast, prophecy, prognosis, prognostic, augury, presage, omen, foreboding, weird, prevision, foretale
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Definitions
- n. 1
A statement of what will happen in the future.
make predictions about something
Related words
- Word family
- predict premonition presage presentiment precognition
- Phrases
- prediction market
Forms
- Plural
- predictions → prognostications, foretellings, forecastings, forecasts…
Example sentences
- forecast I wonder what’s the weather forecast for tomorrow.
- forecasting Tom does a pretty good job of forecasting the weather.
- guess I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prediction | steady | |
| forecast | falling | |
| forecasting | falling | |
| foretelling | rising | |
| prognostication | steady | |
| guess | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- omen2
- 5 letters
- guess1, weird1
- 6 letters
- augury
- 7 letters
- presage2
- 8 letters
- forecast2, prophecy3, foretale
- 9 letters
- prognosis3, prevision
- 10 letters
- foreboding3, prognostic
- 11 letters
- forecasting3, foretelling3
- 12 letters
- anticipation5
- 15 letters
- prognostication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omen2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prédiction
- Italiano
- predizione
- Español
- predicción