All prediction synonyms

noun prediction

• forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
• mayday — the international radiotelephone distress signal, used by ships and aircraft.
• in-junction — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
• divulgence — a divulging.
• guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
• conjury — magic
• clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
• foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
• announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
• calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
• apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
• extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
• witchery — witchcraft; magic.
• magic — the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
• witching — a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
• fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
• guesstimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
• expectancy — The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something pleasant, will happen or be the case.
• hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
• communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
• divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
• foretoken — a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
• oracle — Oracle Corporation
• zodiac — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.
• guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
• occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
• expectation — A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
• envisagement — The act of envisaging.
• conjuration — a magic spell; incantation
• horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
• horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
• ins — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
• in sight — an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
• auspice — patronage or guidance (esp in the phrase under the auspices of)
• foreboding — a prediction; portent.
• wizardry — the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard.
• diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
• warning — the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
• crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.
• crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
• giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
• forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
• bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
• augury — An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
• astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.