Synonyms of predicting

predicting 1 of 3

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

2 of 3

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

3 of 3

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

Its relevance does not depend on predicting the price of ether or treating blockchain as a replacement for conventional finance. — Karen Koehler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026

With an identity graph in place, the next move is to turn the data into intelligence, predicting which audiences to talk to and when, on which channels, with which creative. — Thomas Zawacki, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In the last six months, adoption of China’s open models has exploded, with Graylin predicting some might soon exceed 80 percent market share. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

The tool aims to reduce delays and cancellations by predicting congestion earlier, the Transportation Department said. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026

As a result, unions at various divisions of the two companies are predicting significant layoffs. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

There were mixed weather reports in the middle of the week, with some predicting rain for Friday night. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Weather forecasters are predicting that a cool mass of air will flow south through Kansas on Saturday and reach Oklahoma by Saturday night. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 19 Sep. 2026

His point is that although LLMs, no less than chess engines and other specialist systems, are trained on a specific task—namely, predicting the next word in a text passage—that task is special. — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026