vaticinate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of VATICINATE

to tell of or describe beforehand <if he could really vaticinate the course of the stock market, he'd be rich enough to own Manhattan>

Synonyms augur, call, forecast, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

Related Words alert, caution, forewarn, warn; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee; announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Near Antonyms describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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