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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, guess |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, call the turn, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, dope out, estimate, figure, figure out*, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, in the cards, infer, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, see it coming, soothsay, surmise, telegraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prophesy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, augur, call the turn, call*, crystal-ball, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, have a hunch, make book, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, psych it out, see coming, soothsay, vaticinate |
| Notes: | prophecy is what is foretold (noun) and to prophesy is 'to foretell' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about deeply and theorize |
| Synonyms: | beat one's brains, brainstorm*, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope out, dope*, excogitate, figure, figure out*, guess, guesstimate, have a hunch, hazard a guess, head trip, hypothesize, kick around, meditate, muse, pipe-dream, psych out, read, read between lines, reason, reflect, review, ruminate, run it up flagpole, scheme, size up, study, suppose, surmise, suspect, weigh, wonder |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypothesize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
| Synonyms: | beat one's brains, brainstorm*, build castles in air, call it, call the turn, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dope out, dope*, excogitate, figure, figure out*, guess, guesstimate, have a hunch, hazard a |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vaticinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, augur, call the turn, call*, crystal-ball, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, have a hunch, make book, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, psych it out, see coming, soothsay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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