Synonyms of soothsaying

soothsaying 1 of 2

noun

ˈsüth-ˌsā-iŋ 

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future

took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

soothsaying

2 of 2

adjective

as in predicting

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soothsaying

Noun

While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

That is to say, it was preceded by soothsayings of unparalleled gloom, which faded at the first kick of a ball. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

This is the mix of soothsaying and realism that entrepreneurs like Musk deploy to raise money for their companies. — Literary Hub, 16 Apr. 2026

Yet another closed the gap between doomsday soothsaying, beautiful love songs, the buzzing of broken refrigerators, and the august majesty of whales. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025

As Pete says, juries almost literally live on another planet, being sequestered from the likes of us and our soothsaying. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 May 2025

It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024

Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade? — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024

For now, earthquakes remains the trickiest natural disaster to predict, but our earthquake soothsaying is improving, as geologists uncover the subtle secrets of the world-shaking movements along Earth’s many fault lines. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2023