Synonyms for prognosticate
Definitions
- v. 1
To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
- v. 2
To presage, betoken.
The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- prognosticated
e.g. prognosticated → predicted, foreshadowed, portended, called…
Example sentences
- predict Tom actually believed he could predict the future.
- bode The sound of a trumpet will bode the end of the world.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prognosticate | falling | |
| predict | steady | |
| bode | rising | |
| foreshadow | steady | |
| portend | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- call1, omen2, bode1
- 5 letters
- augur2
- 6 letters
- divine2
- 7 letters
- promise2, predict2, foresee2, presage2, portend2, betoken
- 8 letters
- forecast2, prophesy, foretell2, forebode2, forehold, foreshow
- 9 letters
- prefigure, foretoken, auspicate
- 10 letters
- anticipate4, foreshadow3, vaticinate
- 11 letters
- astrologize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omen2 = 2 syllables).