crystal ball

NOUN

fortune teller's globe or ability

Synonyms

WEAK

clairvoyance divination envisagement forward look prediction prevenience

VERB

predict

Synonyms

STRONG

augur divine forecast foreknow foresee foretell portend predict prognosticate prophesy vaticinate

WEAK

anticipate conjecture

Example Sentences

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“If I had a crystal ball I could tell you now what is going to happen,” Heimo Schirgi, the World Cup chief operating officer for FIFA, said Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“Nobody really has a crystal ball about how this all pans out,” said Dana D’Auria, co-CIO at Envestnet Solutions, an advisory service for retail investors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

And while we don’t possess a crystal ball, we believe that the tourism decline of 2025 could well continue through 2026.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

But on the question of whom President Donald Trump would choose as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, prediction markets dropped the crystal ball, highlighting the inherent limitations of their predictive power.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

She approached their table and peered into their crystal ball.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling