prophecies
Visions of tomorrow
Prophecies are predictions about the future, especially those claimed to come from divine or supernatural sources.
The word carries weight that mere predictions don't—prophecies suggest fate or destiny: The prophecies foretold his coming.
In looser usage, prophecies can be any confident predictions about what will happen: Her prophecies about the housing market proved accurate.
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- soothsayingForetelling future events
astrology · tarot · scrying · clairvoyance · runes · palmistry · necromancy · geomancy
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
prophetess · augur · shaman · mystic · sage · Cassandra · Tiresias · Merlin
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- signMark conveying information
- warningAlert about danger
- presageIndicate beforehand
foreshadowing · premonition · forewarning · herald · foreboding · augury · auspice · token
Sacred religious writings
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- messianicRelating to a savior
- biblicalOf sacred texts
covenant · testament · Isaiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Nostradamus · Revelation · rapture
Predetermined course of events
- fatePredetermined course of events
- foretoldPredicted future events
- ordainedOfficially appointed to ministry
- inevitableCertain to occur
preordained · predestined · written · sealed · manifest · self-fulfilling · realization · unfolding
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
soothsaying · astrology · tarot · scrying · clairvoyance · runes · palmistry · necromancy · geomancy · pyromancy
seer
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- sibylAncient female prophet
soothsayer · prophetess · augur · shaman · mystic · sage · Cassandra · Tiresias · Merlin · prescience
portent
Sign of future calamity
presage · foreshadowing · premonition · forewarning · herald · foreboding · augury · auspice · token · indicator
scripture
Sacred religious writings
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- messianicRelating to a savior
biblical · covenant · testament · Isaiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Nostradamus · Revelation · rapture · millenarian
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- fatePredetermined course of events
- foretoldPredicted future events
- ordainedOfficially appointed to ministry
inevitable · preordained · predestined · written · sealed · manifest · self-fulfilling · realization · unfolding · actualization
- chapbookschapbooks, booklet, booklets, blue books, cheap print
- Marian ApparitionsFatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe, apparitions, visions
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- fantasy tropesdragon, dragons, elf, elves, dwarf
prophecieshistorical records
Preserved accounts of the past
histories · chronicles · annals · accounts · retrospectives
propheciesfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
verified accounts · evidence · certainties · actualities · realities
propheciesobservations
Noted perceptions
empirical data · eyewitness accounts · measurements · experiments · field reports
- ancient propheciesForetelling from antiquity
- self-fulfilling propheciesPredictions causing their own realization
prophet, prophecy, prophetic, apocalyptic, prophesy, prophesier