Synonyms of prophecies

prophecies

noun

variants also prophesies

plural of prophecy

as in predictions

a declaration that something will happen in the future

the report on climate change included alarming prophecies of rising sea levels and increased storm activity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prophecies

Each campaign features unique prophecies, rivalries, characters and challenges. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

While not always negative, transference can replace curiosity with assumptions, leading to self-fulfilling prophecies. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Outside of Silicon Valley, there is a tendency to dismiss such prophecies as, at best, patently unserious. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Dafoe’s Thomas Wake is the film’s Proteus figure, a salty old lighthouse keeper who speaks like someone out of ancient myth, dispensing prophecies and superstitions. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026

There were warning signs blinking about the quality of the defenders for weeks and on Monday those prophecies were fulfilled. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

The mentality aspect is fascinating here, too, how both winning and losing can become ingrained in a team, or how prophecies become self-fulfilling. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 May 2026

The ceremonies will include the singing of the scriptural prophecies concerning the passion and the crucifixion and the singing of the passion proper, followed by the veneration of the cross. — From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Apr. 2026