Synonyms for prophesy
All synonyms
Verb
1. Predict — to predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration)
predict, foretell, augur, bode, divine, presage, forecast, call, vaticinate formal, prognosticate, foreshadow, portend, anticipate, prefigure, forebode
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Definitions
- v. 1
To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
Related words
- Word family
- prophecy prophesier prophet prophetic
Forms
- Past participle
- prophesied
e.g. prophesied → predicted, augured, boded, divined…
Example sentences
- divine His pneumonia was cured through a divine miracle.
- predict Tom actually believed he could predict the future.
- foretell It's completely impossible to foretell his reaction.
- presage A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
- preach The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.
By length
- 4 letters
- call1, bode1
- 5 letters
- augur2
- 6 letters
- divine2, preach1
- 7 letters
- predict2, presage2, portend2
- 8 letters
- forecast2, foretell2, forebode2
- 9 letters
- prefigure
- 10 letters
- anticipate4, foreshadow3, vaticinate, precounsel
- 13 letters
- prognosticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (augur2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prophétiser
- Italiano
- profetare
- Català
- profetitzar