Synonyms of prophecy

prophecy

noun

ˈprä-fə-sē 

variants also prophesy

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

the report on climate change included alarming prophecies of rising sea levels and increased storm activity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prediction
• predicting
• sign
• forecasting
• forecast
• prognosis
• foretelling
• prognostication
• soothsaying
• prognostic
• augury
• prognosticating
• presaging
• auguring
• omen
• vaticination
• prevision
• cast
• bodement
• anticipation
• harbinger
• portent
• foreknowledge
• prospectus
• foreboding
• conjecture
• foresight
• guess
• surmise

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of prophecy

Such was the case with the atomic bomb, which made for grisly prophecies not only of the sudden carnage of a fiery blast but also of the prolonged suffering of a nuclear winter. —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025

Miami-Dade Police Officer Jaime Pino had warned her 10 months earlier, delivering a prophecy about Richard, a drug-abusing 21-year-old who pinballed in and out of psychiatric care. —Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025

The harbinger of doom was not an ancient prophecy or a vast government conspiracy, but rather a straightforward issue with computers. —Zachary Loeb / Made By History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024

Musk’s prophecy cast a bold vision for a multidecade transition of transportation and energy. —Martin Jarzebowski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025