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

Processor defenses leave a tiny opening Modern processors improve performance by predicting which path a program is likely to follow and beginning the work before the correct path is confirmed. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

But predicting what will be Roman's greatest accomplishments over the course of its five-year-mission is a tricky business. — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

The National Weather Service is predicting mostly clear skies for Miami with a chance for showers during peak eclipse hours. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

From a cognitive behavioral therapy perspective, predicting that everything will work out is a form of fortune-telling, says Alison McKleroy, a San Francisco therapist and author of The Self-Compassion Journal. — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

The experiment found that Claude and ChatGPT were relatively strong at predicting market direction. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

CT scans done for other reasons performed just as well as CAC-specific scans when predicting coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and deaths over the next 10 years, research published in Circulation in July concluded. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026

Understanding how wildfire smoke ages is essential for predicting its impacts on human health. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

The nature of college football is that star players can emerge from relative anonymity, which makes predicting who will be the biggest before the season has even started a difficult endeavor. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026