Synonyms of prophecy

prophecy

noun

ˈprä-fə-sē 

variants also prophesy

as in prediction

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prophecy

That connection feels like a prophecy fulfilled — in a 2007 chance encounter, Messi took a photo with baby Yamal for Barcelona’s charity calendar. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 July 2026

The prophecy of the film’s success was foretold when 70mm screening tickets for The Odyssey sold out quickly upon release one year before the movie was set to debut, according to The Los Angeles Times. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 19 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

She’s sustained by her love for her husband, their home in the megacity Losan (strikingly similar to Los Angeles), until a prophecy draws her to an enemy and a clash that will determine the fates of their peoples. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026