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prognostication

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Synonyms and Antonyms of prognostication

1 a declaration that something will happen in the future

the complete fulfillment of his prognostication surprised even him

Synonyms of prognostication

auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Words Related to prognostication

foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign

anticipation, foreknowledge

conjecture, guess, surmise

2 a feeling that something bad will happen

at the sight of the brooding mansion, her prognostications of ill fortune grew stronger

Synonyms of prognostication

foreboding, premonition, presage, presentiment

Words Related to prognostication

anticipation, foreknowledge

feel, insight, intuition

augury, omen, portent, sign

impression, suspicion

agitation, alarm (also alarum), anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, unease, uneasiness, worry

foresight, prescience

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