Synonyms for foretell
verb
predict, prophesy, prognosticate, divine, foresee, announce in advance, forecast, soothsay, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, vaticinate, foreknow, forebode, augur, betoken, portend, foreshadow, adumbrate, foretoken, presage, prefigure, foreshow.
Antonyms record*, confirm, recount.
See foretell in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
foretell augur divine prophesy vaticinate
These verbs mean to tell about something beforehand by or as if by supernatural means: foretelling the future; augured a scandal; divined the enemy's victory; prophesying a stock-market boom; atrocities vaticinated by the antifascists.
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predict.
See foretell in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference:
call, forecast, predict, prognosticate, project. See foresightTo tell about or make known (future events) by or as if by supernatural means:
augur, divine, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate. See foresightTo give an indication of something in advance:
adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See foresight, show
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