prophecy
Oracle's spoken future
A prophecy is a prediction of future events, especially one believed to come from divine inspiration or supernatural insight.
Religious texts contain prophecies about the end times; fortune tellers offer prophecies to paying customers.
More loosely, any confident prediction can be called a prophecy: Her prophecy about the company's failure proved accurate.
The verb form is prophesy (with an s): to prophesy is to make prophecies.
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- tarotDivination card set
astrology · soothsaying · clairvoyance · palmistry · runes · geomancy · pyromancy · sibyl
Forecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
forewarning · premonition · foreshadowing · herald · augury · forecast · precognition · foreknowledge
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
clairvoyant · diviner · augur · cassandra · shaman · druid · medium
Sign of future calamity
- signMark conveying information
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auspiceProphetic token or portent
- warningAlert about danger
token · forewarning · foreboding · ill omen · good omen · eclipse · comet · blood moon
Surprising disclosed truth
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- scriptureSacred religious writings
psalms · proverbs · messiah · covenant · eschatology · rapture · tribulation · millennium
Surprising disclosed truth
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
epiphany · hallucination · rapture · glimpse · seeing · second sight · theophany · visitation
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
fortune · foreordination · decree · inevitability · predetermination · karma · fates · ordained
Completely satisfied, realized
- realizedBecame aware of
- came trueHappened as foretold
- self-fulfillingMaking itself happen
- vindicatedCleared of accusation
confirmed · accomplished · materialized · manifested · unfolded · actualized · verified · proven
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
tarot · astrology · soothsaying · clairvoyance · palmistry · runes · geomancy · pyromancy · sibyl · pythia
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- portentSign of future calamity
harbinger · forewarning · premonition · foreshadowing · herald · augury · forecast · precognition · foreknowledge · anticipation
seer
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
visionary · clairvoyant · diviner · augur · cassandra · shaman · druid · medium
portent
Sign of future calamity
warning · token · forewarning · foreboding · ill omen · good omen · eclipse · comet · blood moon · thunderclap
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
scripture · psalms · proverbs · messiah · covenant · eschatology · rapture · tribulation · millennium · end times
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
apparition · epiphany · hallucination · rapture · glimpse · seeing · second sight · theophany · visitation
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
doom · fortune · foreordination · decree · inevitability · predetermination · karma · fates · ordained · appointed
fulfilled
Completely satisfied, realized
- realizedBecame aware of
- came trueHappened as foretold
- self-fulfillingMaking itself happen
vindicated · confirmed · accomplished · materialized · manifested · unfolded · actualized · verified · proven · validated
- fantasy fictionepic fantasy, high fantasy, low fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy
- myth & legendquest, hero journey, dragon slaying, treasure hunt, epic voyage
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- fantasy tropesdragon, dragons, elf, elves, dwarf
- mystical questholy grail, magic sword, enchanted forest, dragon slaying, treasure hunt
- plot eventsclimax, plot twist, twist, confrontation, battle scene
prophecyhindsight
Recognition after the fact
retrospection · history · memoir · postmortem · chronicle
prophecyfact
Verifiable piece of information
record · documentation · verified account · historical record · evidence
- false prophetDeceiver claiming divine insight
- ancient propheciesForetelling from antiquity
- self-fulfilling prophecyBelief causing its own realization
- self-fulfilling propheciesPredictions causing their own realization
- prophet of doomForeteller of calamity
- prophetic visionForeknowledge of future events
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