Foretold Synonyms and Antonyms

fôrtōld
Foreshadow or presage
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. heralded
  2. prophesied
  3. divined
  4. annunciated
  5. augured
  6. announced
Make a prediction about; tell in advance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prognosticated
  2. predicted
  3. augured
  4. foreshadowed
  5. prefigured
  6. presaged
  7. portended
  8. forecasted
  9. foreboded
  10. betokened
  11. projected
  12. promised
  13. foreseen
  14. warned
  15. read
  16. prophesied
  17. foretokened
  18. boded
  19. predicated
  20. adumbrated
  21. divined
  22. forewarned
  23. called
  24. anticipated
  25. figured
  26. foreknown
  27. bespoke
Antonyms:
  1. recounted
  2. confirmed
  3. recorded
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To give an indication of something in advance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prognosticated
  2. presaged
  3. prefigured
  4. portended
  5. foretokened
  6. foreshadowed
  7. forecasted
  8. boded
  9. augured
  10. adumbrated

Foretold Sentence Examples

  • I was against this marriage even then and foretold all that has happened.

  • A few years later William of Malmesbury adds a love adventure at Cordova, a compact with the devil, the story of a speaking statue that foretold Gerbert's death at Jerusalem - a prophecy fulfilled, somewhat as in the case of Henry IV.

  • According to the Apocryph of Paul, cited by Clement, Hystaspes foretold the conflict of the Messiah with many kings and His advent.

  • A slight attack of apoplexy on the 4th of February 1858 foretold the end, though he persevered with the preparation of the third volume of Philip II.

  • N.T., 54 sqq Leto, because it was foretold that Leto's son would kill the dragon.

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