Reverse Dictionary: PREDICT

ADJECTIVES
► AUGURIOUS predicting → 1886 obs. (Bk.)
► VATICINANT prophesying, predicting → 1490 obs.

NOUNS
► ABODE an announcement, prediction, prognostication → c1600 obs.
► BODEWORD a portent; an ominous prediction regarding a person or family → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CALL an opinion, a prediction → 1999 US sl.
► HALSENY conjecture; an evil prediction → 1837 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONOMATECHNY the art of making predictions from the letters of a person’s name → 1730
► SAY a saying; a proverb; a prediction → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SOOTHSAY a prediction, prognostication, or prophecy; an omen or portent →
► TOUGH CALL a hard decision or prediction → 1990s US sl.
► VATICINATION a prediction of an oracular or inspired nature; a prophecy; a prophetic utterance or forecast → 1603

NOUNS – PERSON
► CROAKER a predictor of misfortune → 1771 US
► CRYSTAL GAZER a person who predicts what will happen in the future → 1889
► SOOTHSAYER n. a person who claims or pretends to be bale to foretell future events; a predictor, a prognosticator → 1381

VERBS
► BEFORE-SAY to predict, to foretell → 1382 obs.
► CALL THE TURN to predict accurately; to make an accurate statement or prediction → 1876 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
► FATIDICATE to declare or predict fates → 1867
► HALSEN to predict, to divine, to conjecture; to forebode evil, to anticipate bad news; to speak evil → 1814 Eng. dial.
► POINT THE BONE AT to predict or will the failure of an enterprise → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PYTHONIZE to make a prediction, to prophesy → a1873
► READ to predict, to foretell → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SOOTHSAY to make predictions, to foretell future events; to predict, prophesy → 1606
► VATICINATE 1. to speak as a prophet or seer; to utter predictions; to foretell events → .1623
2. to foretell, to predict, or prophesy a future event → 1652