Synonyms of predicting

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noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

those annual predictings by self-styled psychics that grace the front pages of the tabloids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prediction
• forecasting
• forecast
• prophecy
• sign
• prognosis
• prognostication
• prognostic
• prognosticating
• foretelling
• anticipation
• presaging
• cast
• soothsaying
• auguring
• augury
• vaticination
• bodement
• harbinger
• prevision
• omen
• portent
• foreknowledge
• prospectus
• guess
• conjecture
• surmise
• foresight
• foreboding

predicting

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adjective

as in forecasting

Related Words

• forecasting
• divining
• foreseeing
• prognosticating
• foretelling
• prophesying
• presaging
• wondrous
• stupendous
• astonishing
• fortune-telling
• extraordinary
• soothsaying
• miraculous
• amazing
• foreknowing
• astounding
• sublime
• portentous
• awesome
• charming
• marvelous
• stunning
• metaphysical
• enchanting
• bewitching
• conjuring
• preternatural
• fabulous
• paranormal
• unearthly
• supernormal
• wiling
• spellbound
• enchanted
• magic
• numinous
• magical
• bewitched
• mystic
• weird
• occult

Dissimilar Words

• normal
• usual
• ordinary
• routine
• everyday
• prosaic
• commonplace
• unremarkable
• workaday
• run-of-the-mill
• unexceptional

predicting

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verb

present participle of predict

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand

I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reading
• forecasting
• anticipating
• foretelling
• prognosticating
• warning
• prophesying
• announcing
• presaging
• calling
• auguring
• foreseeing
• promising
• alerting
• vaticinating
• cautioning
• forewarning
• declaring
• portending
• divining
• proclaiming
• boding
• foreboding
• heralding
• foreknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relating
• describing
• reporting
• telling
• recounting
• reciting
• narrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predicting

Noun

With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror. — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025

Verb

Pollsters have been predicting some GOP losses and in late October, CBS News' polling suggested Republicans could be on track to lose control of the House. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Analysts warn that given the accelerating pace of technological disruption, ultra long maturities make predicting future operational stability and debt service capacity increasingly difficult, compounding risk evaluation challenges for investors. — CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Here's a state-by-state breakdown of what the measures would do, what opponents are saying, how supporters are responding and what the betting markets are predicting. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

For years, conservatives have been painting California as a progressive basket case, predicting that Democratic mismanagement would plunge its economy down the tubes and send rich people fleeing. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

But heading into Tuesday, most polls are predicting a Democratic wave amid a voter backlash to Trump’s handling of the economy and a war in Iran. — Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Founders struggle with accurately predicting runoff and will overinvest in marketing with a focus on volume instead of acquiring high-quality customers that lead to stronger margins. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Even then, Lions Gate co-president Tom Ortenberg was predicting that the film was going to disrupt distribution and set the record as the biggest documentary ever. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026

Given that polls in Israel can be off by as much as four per cent these days, there is no way of predicting the outcome. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026