soothsayings
Foretold future events
Soothsayings are predictions or prophecies, especially those claiming supernatural insight into the future.
The word carries an archaic or literary flavor, evoking fortune-tellers and oracles: The soothsayings proved accurate when the king fell in battle.
In modern use, it often appears ironically or dismissively: I don't put much stock in economic soothsayings.
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- sibylAncient female prophet
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
vision · foretelling · prognostication · presage · harbinger · portent · apocalypse · messianic
Omen interpretation practice
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- tarotDivination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
runes · geomancy · pyromancy · bibliomancy · ritual · casting · reading · interpretation
Sign of future calamity
- omenProphetic indicator
- auspiceProphetic token or portent
- signMark conveying information
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
foreshadowing · premonition · foreboding · herald · ill-boding · auspicious · inauspicious · dark
Extrasensory perception ability
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- mediumMiddle size or state
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- channellingDirecting through a course
spiritualism · shamanism · occultism · theurgy · mysticism · seance · trance · possession
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
revelation · vision · foretelling · prognostication · presage · harbinger · portent · apocalypse · messianic · eschatology
augury
Omen interpretation practice
palmistry · runes · geomancy · pyromancy · bibliomancy · ritual · casting · reading · interpretation · signs
portent
Sign of future calamity
forewarning · foreshadowing · premonition · foreboding · herald · ill-boding · auspicious · inauspicious · dark · dire
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- mediumMiddle size or state
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
channelling · spiritualism · shamanism · occultism · theurgy · mysticism · seance · trance · possession · otherworldly
soothsayingshistorical accounts
Records of past events
histories · chronicles · records · annals · retrospectives
soothsayingsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
evidence · scientific observations · empirical data · hard evidence · proof