Synonyms of foretelling

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noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

the ludicrous foretellings of self-styled psychics at the end of each year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prediction
• predicting
• forecasting
• forecast
• prophecy
• sign
• prognosis
• presaging
• prognostication
• augury
• prognostic
• soothsaying
• prognosticating
• auguring
• anticipation
• harbinger
• cast
• omen
• portent
• bodement
• prevision
• vaticination
• foreknowledge
• prospectus
• foreboding
• foresight
• guess
• conjecture
• surmise

foretelling

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adjective

as in predicting

Related Words

• predicting
• divining
• forecasting
• foreseeing
• presaging
• prophesying
• wondrous
• fortune-telling
• prognosticating
• soothsaying
• foreknowing
• portentous
• miraculous
• astonishing
• stupendous
• extraordinary
• sublime
• astounding
• amazing
• metaphysical
• charming
• awesome
• enchanting
• marvelous
• preternatural
• bewitching
• stunning
• unearthly
• conjuring
• supernormal
• paranormal
• fabulous
• wiling
• spellbound
• magic
• numinous
• enchanted
• magical
• mystic
• bewitched
• occult
• weird

Dissimilar Words

• ordinary
• usual
• prosaic
• normal
• routine
• everyday
• commonplace
• unremarkable
• workaday
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill

foretelling

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verb

present participle of foretell

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand

a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicting
• reading
• presaging
• prophesying
• anticipating
• forecasting
• prognosticating
• warning
• announcing
• auguring
• calling
• foreseeing
• portending
• promising
• alerting
• forewarning
• cautioning
• divining
• foreboding
• boding
• vaticinating
• heralding
• proclaiming
• declaring
• foreknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relating
• describing
• telling
• reporting
• recounting
• narrating
• reciting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of foretelling

Noun

In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases . — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026

Verb

But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026

The stories foretelling McGonigle’s talents are numerous. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026

Million-Follower Detective (February 12) This eight-episode Taiwanese crime thriller follows a mysterious woman who rises to fame and becomes a powerful influencer after accurately foretelling the murders of several social-media influencers. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Apparently, the little man was an oracle, foretelling deaths with certainty. — Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026

The opening night in Brazil provided the ominous but apparently foretelling moment, when one star player left his passing lane on a game-deciding third down. — Sam McDowell December 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025

The track, written and produced by Danny Elfman, premiered in the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas (foretelling the blend of Halloween and Christmas decorations on the latest chart). — Gary Trust, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025

Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other foretelling the future. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025