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

Next year will see more classic accessories used in less traditional ways with Whatnot predicting shoppers will reuse pieces that are in their own closets. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Southern California is just entering its traditional fire season, and forecasters are predicting more coastal flooding and erosion from what is expected to be a severe El Niño winter. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Artificial intelligence tools help businesses decide what to charge by predicting how customers might respond. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

Scaling without sacrificing speed Traditional large language models generate text sequentially, predicting one token at a time. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

This sensor, first deployed on a GOES satellite in 2017, can detect lightning flashes anywhere on the globe and has proved to be useful for predicting tornadoes as well as monitoring the rapid intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026

The organization’s track record of predicting Oscar success has been mixed over the years. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Media narrative predicting blue wave in key battleground state not meshing with local Republicans. — FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026