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Cassandra

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of Cassandra

one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity

  • more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction
Synonyms of Cassandra

Chicken Little, doomsayer, doomsdayer, doomster
Words Related to Cassandra

defeatist, fatalist

naysayer, negativist, pessimist

handwringer, worrier, worrywart
Antonyms of Cassandra

optimist, Pollyanna

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