forecast

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. predict, divine, prognosticate; foretell, presage, portend. See prediction, plan.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. prediction, prognostication, prognosis, projection, outlook, guess, estimate, budget, divination, foretoken, conjecture, prophecy, foretelling, calculation, vaticination, augury.

Ant. reminiscence*, retrospect, retrospection.

v.

1. [To foresee]

Syn. divine, augur, prophesy; see anticipate 1 .

2. [To predict]

Syn. prognosticate, prophesy, project, gauge, calculate, determine, predetermine, presage, portend, infer, reason, guess, figure out, dope out*, call*; see also foretell .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

prediction, prophecy, divination, prognostication, augury, projection, *reading of the cards, prognosis, conjecture, guess.

II

v.

predict, foresee, prophesy, foretell, divine, *read in the cards, augur, prognosticate, project, presage, envision, conjecture, guess, estimate.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, project. See FORESIGHT. 2. To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See FORESIGHT, SHOW. II noun The act of predicting: outlook, prediction, prognosis, prognostication, projection. See FORESIGHT.