| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
Synonyms: |
assume, await, bargain for, be afraid, conjecture, count chickens, count on, cross the bridge, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretaste, foretell, have a hunch, hope for, jump the gun, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, prognosticate, promise oneself, prophesy, see, see coming, see in the cards, suppose, visualize, wait, wait for |
Antonyms: |
be amazed, be surprised, doubt |
| Main Entry: | anticipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | readiness; forethought |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, awareness, foreboding, forecast, foreseeing, foresight, foretaste, forethought, inkling, intuition, preconception, premonition, prescience, presentiment, prevision, prior knowledge, realization |
Antonyms: |
doubt, unreadiness |
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction, often of weather or business |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foreseeing, foresight, foretelling, forethought, foretoken, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, projection, prophecy |
| Main Entry: | foresee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anticipate, predict |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, call the turn, crystal ball it, discern, divine, dope out, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, forefeel, foreknow, foretell, have a hunch, perceive, preknow, presage, previse, prevision, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out, see, see it coming, understand, visualize |
| Main Entry: | prediction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration made in advance |
Synonyms: |
augury, cast, conjecture, crystal gazing, divination, dope, forecast, forecasting, foresight, foretelling, fortune-telling, guess, horoscope, hunch, indicator, of event anticipation, omen, palmistry, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying, surmising, tip, vaticination, zodiac |
| Main Entry: | prognosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forecast |
Synonyms: |
cast, diagnosis, expectation, foretelling, guess, prediction, prevision, prognostication, projection, prophecy, speculation, surmise |
| Notes: | a diagnosis is the process of identifying or determining the nature of a diseased condition or the conclusion reached; a prognosis is a prediction of the probable course of a disease or likely outcome of a problem |
| Main Entry: | prophecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction |
Synonyms: |
apocalypse, augury, cast, divination, forecast, foretelling, oracle, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, soothsaying, vision |
| Main Entry: | prognostication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction |
Synonyms: |
augury, cast, conjecture, crystal gazing, divination, dope*, forecast, forecasting, foresight, foretelling, fortune-telling, guess, horoscope, hunch, indicator, of event anticipation, omen, outlook, palmistry, presage, prevision, prognosis, projection, prophecy, soothsaying, surmising, tip, vaticination, zodiac |
| Main Entry: | soothsaying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
Synonyms: |
apocalypse, augury, cast, divination, forecast, foretelling, oracle, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, vaticination, vision |
| Main Entry: | vaticination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
Synonyms: |
apocalypse, augury, cast, divination, forecast, foretelling, oracle, presage, prevision, prognosis, prognostication, revelation, second sight, soothsaying, vision |