prognosticate

prognosticate is a 13-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
2. verb. indicate by signs

   "These signs bode bad news"

   Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage

3. verb. make a prediction about; tell in advance

   "Call the outcome of an election"

   Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, promise

Synonyms

augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, anticipate, call, forebode, promise

Common word forms

prognosticated, prognosticates, prognosticating

Words from these letters

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