Synonyms of predictions

predictions

noun

plural of prediction

as in forecasts

a declaration that something will happen in the future

we were all amazed when the fortune-teller's predictions turned out to be true

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forecasts
• prophecies
• signs
• prognostications
• prognoses
• prognostics
• auguries
• casts
• soothsayings
• anticipations
• vaticinations
• previsions
• bodements
• omens
• foresights
• harbingers
• portents
• forebodings
• conjectures
• guesses
• prospectuses
• surmises
• foreknowledges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predictions

Serene predictions are a mug’s game, foolish in the extreme, whether they are based on polls or magical thinking. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

These predictions are specific to each city, so your exact viewing times will depend on your viewing location. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Forecasters caution, however, that these predictions are just that, predictions. — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Sam Farmer makes his picks and predictions for Week 8 of the NFL season, with the Detroit Lions defeating the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Cleveland Browns. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber’s predictions for 26 Fort Worth-area games. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026

There have also been some instances when the opposition party was expected to win big in the midterms but fell short of those predictions. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 29 Oct. 2026

An engineer can test the predictions and reject designs that violate technical requirements. — Sufian Aldogom, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026

Click here to get the full newsletter in your inbox, including a special edition with Henry Olsen’s election-eve predictions. — Henry Olsen, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026