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forecast

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of forecast

a declaration that something will happen in the future

want to catch the weather forecast so Iʼll know what kind of clothes to pack for the trip tomorrow

Synonyms of forecast

auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Words Related to forecast

foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign

anticipation, foreknowledge

conjecture, guess, surmise

forecast

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of forecast

to tell of or describe beforehand

the stationʼs meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days

Synonyms of forecast

augur, call, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

Words Related to forecast

alert, caution, forewarn, warn

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Near Antonyms of forecast

describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

Synonym Discussion of forecast

foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate mean to tell beforehand. foretell applies to the telling of the coming of a future event by any procedure or any source of information.

- seers foretold the calamity

predict commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature.

- astronomers predicted an eclipse

forecast adds the implication of anticipating eventualities and differs from predict in being usually concerned with probabilities rather than certainties.

- forecast snow

prophesy connotes inspired or mystic knowledge of the future especially as the fulfilling of divine threats or promises.

- prophesying a new messiah

prognosticate is used less often than the other words; it may suggest learned or skilled interpretation, but more often it is simply a colorful substitute for predict or prophesy.

- prognosticating the future

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