Synonyms of the word

prognostication

• n. A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.

anticipation

• n. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper…
• n. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
• n. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
• n. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
• n. (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to…
• n. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

augury

• n. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
• n. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
• n. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

forecasting

• v. present participle of forecast.
• n. A forecast or prediction.

foretelling

• v. present participle of foretell.
• n. prediction.

foretoken

• n. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.
• v. To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.

omen

• n. Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future;…
• n. prophetic significance.
• v. To be an omen of.
• v. To divine or predict from omens.

portent

• n. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
• n. A portending; significance.
• n. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

prediction

• n. A statement of what will happen in the future.
• n. A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

presage

• n. A warning of a future event; an omen.
• n. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
• v. (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
• v. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
• v. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

prevision

• n. Advance knowledge; foresight.
• n. A prediction.
• v. To predict or envision the future.

prodigy

• n. (now rare) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
• n. An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
• n. An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
• n. A wonderful example of something.
• n. An extremely talented person, especially a child.

prognostic

• adj. Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
• n. (rare, medicine) prognosis.
• n. A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
• n. A prediction of the future.
• n. One who predicts the future.

prophecy

• n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
• v. Dated form of prophesy.

sign

• n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
• n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
• n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
• n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
• n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
• n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
• n. An omen.
• n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
• n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
• v. To make a mark.
• v. To make the sign of the cross.
• v. To indicate.

statement

• n. A declaration or remark.
• n. A presentation of opinion or position.
• n. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
• n. (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special…

vaticination

• n. Prediction, prophecy.