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

Still, the evidence for an imminent conflict is much weaker than the predictions suggest. — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

However, the current library remains too small for reliable predictions. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

And belief isn’t manufactured by marketing departments, slick hype videos or breathless preseason predictions. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Dave Campbell’s computer predictions have Arlington as a two-point favorite, so this one should go down to the wire. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

Friston and his colleagues have found in studies across species that important brain circuits throughout the cortex seem to be wired to match information from the senses with data from memory to make predictions. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

So, the residents will be crossing their fingers and hoping that the predictions of flooding won't come true. — John Ramos, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

With all of this in mind, Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race in the United States, along with some (almost certainly wrong) predictions on when the rockets may debut. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

But no one can know for sure who will turn out until after votes are counted — polls aren’t predictions, only snapshots in time. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026