FORETELLS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

foretells

verb

Definition of foretells next

present tense third-person singular of foretell

as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events

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Recent Examples of foretells From the Russian perspective, all of this lines up with Europe’s history and foretells its destiny. —

Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026 The evidence foretells what’s in store for the future. —

Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025 Tarot foretells the news that is manifesting and provides a warning. —

Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025 For most, such latitude foretells a long stretch to go. —

Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 No scripture foretells GPUs, gradient descent, or multimodal transformers. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretells

predicts

Verb

With no apparent end to the Iran war in sight, GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan predicts a gallon of gas will keep rising.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
On Thursday, Oklahoma should have a break from severe weather, then on Friday, the National Weather Service predicts that severe thunderstorms are possible across mostly northern Oklahoma.

— Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 31 Mar. 2026