FORETELLING Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future the ludicrous foretellings of self-styled psychics at the end of each year

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adjective

as in predicting

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verb

present participle of foretell

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events

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Recent Examples of foretelling

Noun

In the wake of Friday’s abysmal jobs report , investors are scrambling to understand whether the loss of 92,000 jobs in February was a blip or a foretelling of more payroll cuts to come as t he adoption of AI by corporations increases . — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026

Verb

But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The stories foretelling McGonigle’s talents are numerous. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026 Million-Follower Detective (February 12) This eight-episode Taiwanese crime thriller follows a mysterious woman who rises to fame and becomes a powerful influencer after accurately foretelling the murders of several social-media influencers. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Apparently, the little man was an oracle, foretelling deaths with certainty. — Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026 The opening night in Brazil provided the ominous but apparently foretelling moment, when one star player left his passing lane on a game-deciding third down. — Sam McDowell December 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025 The track, written and produced by Danny Elfman, premiered in the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas (foretelling the blend of Halloween and Christmas decorations on the latest chart). — Gary Trust, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025 Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other foretelling the future. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foretelling

Noun

The gap between those predictions and the reality on the ground suggests many observers have overstated the likelihood of war.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
However, the current library remains too small for reliable predictions.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of prediction

Verb

Next year will see more classic accessories used in less traditional ways with Whatnot predicting shoppers will reuse pieces that are in their own closets.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of predicting

Noun

Satellites support communication networks, provide navigation signals and deliver information used for weather forecasting.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Fortran also remains important in scientific computing, including weather forecasting and nuclear reactor safety analysis.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Noun

Just 3% of respondents expect electricity demand from AI to be lower than forecast; a majority see the technology as becoming more influential than innovations in renewable energy over the next decade.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Netflix — Shares of Netflix fell almost 5% after the streaming giant narrowed its 2026 full-year forecast .

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecast

Noun

These fictional chips are then summoned into existence by the delusional commitment of more than two million chip-industry employees to the perpetuation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the road movie, which is Thailand’s international Oscar feature film submission, a prophecy prompts an aging grandmother to embark on a nine-temple pilgrimage with her children and grandchildren.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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