Synonyms of presaging

presaging 1 of 3

noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

the far-fetched presagings of self-styled seers about current celebrities

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

presaging

2 of 3

adjective

as in predicting

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

presaging

3 of 3

verb

present participle of presage

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand

people used to believe that a comet presaged a major event, such as the death of a king

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of presaging

Verb

Yet the book is also about the disappearance of time and places, with summer’s end presaging more permanent losses. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Andy Cohen was lost to the wormhole, presaging more losses to come. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026

Since 2022, Russia has dropped thousands of mines across the Black Sea, presaging Iran's Hormuz blockade by using underwater explosives to deter vessels from docking in Ukraine's Black Sea ports. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026

Experts are already warning that there may not be enough fertilizer for the next harvest season, presaging lower yields and higher prices. — Judd Devermont, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning at Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, the new sanctuary honoring pathbreaking sculptor Alexander Calder, presaging its opening to the public, which is set for September 21. — News Desk, Artforum, 15 Sep. 2025