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The synonyms of “Prophecy” are: prognostication, vaticination, divination, prediction, forecast, prognosis, augury, forecasting the future, fortune telling, second sight, clairvoyance, soothsaying
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “prophecy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| augury | A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen. He hoped it was an augury. |
| clairvoyance | Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses. She stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance. |
| divination | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means. The mediums are hired to perform divinations. |
| forecast | A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop. |
| forecasting the future | A statement made about the future. |
| fortune telling | An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome. |
| prediction | The action of predicting something. A prediction that economic growth would resume. |
| prognosis | An opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely course of a medical condition. The disease has a poor prognosis. |
| prognostication | The action of prophesying future events. These gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded. |
| second sight | The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield. |
| soothsaying | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means. |
| vaticination | Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source. |
| aquarius | A person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius. |
| aries | A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus. |
| astrology | The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world. |
| bode | Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. These signs bode bad news. |
| capricorn | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn. |
| clairvoyance | Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses. She stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance. |
| covenant | Enter into a covenant. There was a covenant between them that her name was never to be mentioned. |
| divination | A prediction uttered under divine inspiration. The Celtic art of divination. |
| expect | Consider obligatory request and expect. She is expecting in March. |
| forebode | Make a prediction about; tell in advance. This lull foreboded some new assault upon him. |
| forecaster | Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge. Economic forecasters are predicting a downturn. |
| forecasting | A statement made about the future. |
| foreknowledge | Knowledge of an event before it occurs. There was the foreknowledge of every role she would dance. |
| foreshadow | Be a warning or indication of (a future event. Other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper. |
| foretell | Make a prediction about; tell in advance. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne. |
| fulfillment | A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires. |
| horoscope | A short forecast for people born under a particular sign, especially as published in a newspaper or magazine. My horoscope said it was time to do something for myself so I phoned Georgia that evening. |
| predict | Make a prediction about tell in advance. He predicts that the trend will continue. |
| prediction | The action of predicting something. A prediction that economic growth would resume. |
| prefigure | Imagine beforehand. The Hussite movement prefigured the Reformation. |
| presage | An omen or portent. He had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live. |
| prognosticate | Foretell or prophesy (a future event. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon. |
| prognostication | A sign of something about to happen. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication. |
| prophesy | Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest. |
| prophet | In Jewish use one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa and comprising the books of Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Jeremiah Ezekiel Isaiah and the twelve minor prophets. He is repeatedly hailed as a prophet of modernism. |
| recitation | Written matter that is recited from memory. The recitation of traditional poems. |
| scriptural | From or relating to the Bible. Scriptural quotations from Genesis. |
| seer | A person with unusual powers of foresight. An incurable seer of movies. |
| sidereal | Of or relating to the stars or constellations. |
| soothsayer | Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge. |
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