Synonyms of forecasting

forecasting 1 of 3

noun

as in forecast

a declaration that something will happen in the future

the construction company's forecasting of a September 1 completion date for the new school was wildly optimistic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forecast
• prediction
• predicting
• prophecy
• sign
• prognosis
• prognostication
• prognostic
• prognosticating
• soothsaying
• foretelling
• anticipation
• cast
• augury
• presaging
• auguring
• vaticination
• bodement
• prevision
• harbinger
• prospectus
• omen
• foreknowledge
• portent
• foresight
• conjecture
• guess
• foreboding
• surmise

forecasting

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adjective

as in predicting

Related Words

• predicting
• divining
• prognosticating
• foreseeing
• foretelling
• prophesying
• fortune-telling
• soothsaying
• extraordinary
• stupendous
• wondrous
• astonishing
• presaging
• amazing
• miraculous
• sublime
• astounding
• portentous
• foreknowing
• awesome
• metaphysical
• marvelous
• charming
• stunning
• enchanting
• bewitching
• fabulous
• paranormal
• preternatural
• supernormal
• unearthly
• conjuring
• wiling
• magic
• spellbound
• enchanted
• numinous
• magical
• mystic
• bewitched
• occult
• weird

Dissimilar Words

• normal
• usual
• routine
• ordinary
• prosaic
• everyday
• commonplace
• unremarkable
• unexceptional
• workaday
• run-of-the-mill

forecasting

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verb

present participle of forecast

as in reading

to tell of or describe beforehand

the station's meteorologist forecasts sun for the next five days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicting
• reading
• anticipating
• prognosticating
• prophesying
• foretelling
• warning
• presaging
• announcing
• auguring
• calling
• foreseeing
• promising
• alerting
• vaticinating
• cautioning
• forewarning
• divining
• portending
• foreboding
• boding
• declaring
• proclaiming
• heralding
• foreknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reporting
• relating
• describing
• telling
• recounting
• reciting
• narrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forecasting

Noun

The latest project will test whether the forecasting gains seen during the initial trial can be maintained as the technology moves from a limited dataset to hundreds of real-world household energy systems. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

When the event is death or violence, forecasting is readily perceived as not only monetizing harm but possibly even incentivizing it. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Those are some of the key findings from a consumer survey by Synchrony, a consumer financing company, and Oxford Economics, an economics advisory and forecasting firm, which polled 2,000 shoppers. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

This can aid, of course, in forecasting crowds and park staffing, but is also intended to limit days in which the park can feel overcrowded. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Demand forecasting, replenishment and inventory optimization are a different kind of problem. — Mikko Karkkainen, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

These are just a few examples, but this type of rosy forecasting is widespread. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Mintel flagged psychodermatology and neurocosmetics as emerging in 2024, and by 2025 the concept moved from trend forecasting into shipping product. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

In the years since, Colorado has vastly improved its forecasting, and there hasn’t been another avalanche death on Highway 550. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Verb

Gartner flagged this direction in February 2024, forecasting a 25% drop in traditional search engine volume by 2026 as generative AI tools absorb queries that used to route through a search box. — Gaetano Romeo, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Bots are overrunning the web, with some executives forecasting a world in which autonomous traffic outnumbers human internet searchers 1,000-to-1. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

The idea is rather simple; by considering many different climate models instead of just one, the underlying uncertainty can be taken into account when forecasting out weeks or months in advance. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Gonzales and his team of experts believe the House is most likely gone for Republicans, forecasting a Democratic gain of seven to 15 seats, unless the bottom falls out for the GOP and their losses climb much higher. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Barra, once bullish in forecasting that self-driving cars would arrive quickly, is more measured now. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Computer simulations show how forecasting a hurricane’s intensity becomes more uncertain the further out the forecast is. — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Climate Central scientist Zachary Labe notes that forecasting the weather is complex and variable, which makes such predictions tricky. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

None of Nvidia’s rivals are forecasting 70% sales growth next year. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026