| Main Entry: | prognostication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
Synonyms: |
augury, auspice, bodement, boding, foreboding, forerunner, foretoken, harbinger, indication, portent, prefigurement, premonition, presage, prognostic, prophecy, sign*, straw, warning, writing, writing on the wall |
| 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: | augury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
Synonyms: |
auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning |
| Notes: | omen has a negative connotation, a connotation absent from the word augury; generally, augury bodes well for the future, an omen bodes ill |
| Main Entry: | calculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computed or estimated amount |
Synonyms: |
answer, computation, divination, estimate, estimation, figuring, forecast, judgment, prediction, prognosis, prognostication, reckoning, reply |
| Main Entry: | divination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortune-telling |
Synonyms: |
augury, clairvoyancy, horoscopy, occultism, palmistry, prediction, premonition, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying |
| 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: | omen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of something to come |
Synonyms: |
augury, auspice, bodement, boding, foreboding, foretoken, harbinger, indication, portent, premonition, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, straw, warning, writing on the wall |
| Main Entry: | oracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
Synonyms: |
answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, prognostication, revelation, vision |
| Main Entry: | portent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, forewarning |
Synonyms: |
augury, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, hunch, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, sign, sinking feeling, threat, vibes, warning |
| 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 |