prophesies
Declares future happenings
Prophesies is the third-person singular of prophesy, meaning to predict or foretell future events, often with a claim to divine inspiration: The oracle prophesies disaster.
It also means to speak as a prophet or preach religious truth.
Not to be confused with prophecies (the noun plural)—prophesies is the verb form.
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
sibyl · prognostication · presage · portent · harbinger · forewarning · premonition · foreshadowing
One who envisions futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
medium · channeler · spiritualist · trance · vision · revelation · ecstasy · enlightenment
Surprising disclosed truth
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- messiahProphesied liberator figure
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- scriptureSacred religious writings
covenant · vision · miracle · theophany · patriarch · saint · angel · seraphim
Authoritative wisdom source
Predetermined course of events
- fatePredetermined course of events
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- horoscopeZodiac-based fortune telling
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
forecast · prognosis · futurology · expectation · anticipation · projection · prediction · inevitability
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
divination · sibyl · prognostication · presage · portent · harbinger · forewarning · premonition · foreshadowing · foretoken
seer
One who envisions futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- mysticSeeker of sacred truth
shaman · medium · channeler · spiritualist · trance · vision · revelation · ecstasy · enlightenment · dreamer
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- messiahProphesied liberator figure
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
scripture · covenant · vision · miracle · theophany · patriarch · saint · angel · seraphim · archangel
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
destiny
Predetermined course of events
astrology · forecast · prognosis · futurology · expectation · anticipation · projection · prediction · inevitability · endtimes
- William BlakeThe Tyger, illuminated books, Jerusalem, Milton, Orc
prophesieschronicles
Sequential historical accounts
records · documents · recalls · historicizes · reports
prophesiesobserves
Perceives and notes
measures · calculates · deduces · analyzes · verifies
prophesiesdoubts
Feelings of uncertainty
questions · speculates · hedges · equivocates · demurs