Synonyms for prophecy
ˈprɒf ə siprophe·cy

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1. prophecy, prognostication, vaticinationnoun

   knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

   Synonyms:
   foretelling, presage, forecasting, portent, prodigy, prediction, omen, divination, prognostication, prognostic, vaticination

2. prophecy, divinationnoun

   a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

   Synonyms:
   prognostication, divination, foretelling, vaticination, soothsaying, fortune telling

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1. • Prediction

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1. anouncment

   when you tell the audience what is going to happen next

   there was a prophecy in school.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. prophecynoun

   Synonyms:
   prediction, prognostication, vaticination, foretelling, divination

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1. prophecynoun

   Synonyms:
   prediction, foretelling, divination, soothsaying, prognostication, augury, vaticination

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1. List of paraphrases for "prophecy":

   prophesy, prediction

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1. List of known nicknames for "Prophecy":

   Jason Miller, Jason Covenant

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1. Alphonse de Lamartine:

   Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

2. Ray Duncan:

   When the Demostenes started to make wine in 1972, they had the next use permit in sequential order from Silver Oak, like Dad would say, ‘It’s the Celestine Prophecy.’ It was meant to be.

3. Ted Callahan:

   Obviously, you have practical concerns, as far as how close they can get, how accurate their fire will be, the rate of fire they can lay down on the city, but then, you have the potential for panic to take root. And that has almost become a self-fulfilling prophecy in a lot of cities in the north, where people just assume it is going to be overrun, they panic, they leave.

4. Sharon Bergquist:

   Aging well can certainly become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

5. David Duchovny:

   He's a guy, at the age that he is, without a job, he's gone through [what's akin to] a divorce, or at least a separation. It doesn't have to do with the nonfulfillment of the [2012 alien] prophecy. I think he's got more human things that are depressing him. And I'm not agreeing that he may be depressed. I think that's a false diagnosis.