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prophecy

noun

variants: also prophesy

Synonyms and Antonyms of prophecy

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 of prophecy

auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, soothsaying, vaticination

Words Related to prophecy

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

anticipation, foreknowledge

conjecture, guess, surmise

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