Prophesy

//ˈpɹɑfɪsaɪ//

Synonyms for "prophesy" (70 found)

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Translations

61 translations across 25 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • θεσπίζω verb (to predict)
  • μαντεύομαι verb (to predict)
  • μαντεύω verb (to speak as a prophet)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • предсказвам verb (to predict)
  • проповядвам verb (to preach)
  • пророкувам verb (to speak as a prophet)

Catalan

2 entries
  • profetitzar verb (to predict)
  • profetitzar verb (to speak as a prophet)

Czech

1 entries
  • prorokovat verb (to predict)

Dutch

1 entries
  • profeteren verb (to speak as a prophet)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • profeti verb (to speak as a prophet)

French

3 entries
  • prophétiser verb (to predict)
  • prophétiser verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • prophétiser verb (to preach)

German

4 entries
  • prophezeien verb (to predict)
  • prophezeien verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • prophezeien verb (to preach)
  • weissagen verb (to predict)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to speak as a prophet)

Greek

2 entries
  • μαντεύω verb (to predict)
  • προβλέπω verb (to speak as a prophet)

Irish

2 entries
  • tairngir verb (to predict)
  • tuar verb (to predict)

Italian

2 entries
  • profetizzare verb (to predict)
  • profetizzare verb (to speak as a prophet)

Latin

4 entries
  • cano verb (to predict)
  • cano verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • vaticino verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • vaticinor verb (to predict)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • проповеда verb (to preach)
  • прорекува verb (to predict)
  • прорекува verb (to speak as a prophet)

Māori

3 entries
  • matakite verb (to predict)
  • matapae verb (to predict)
  • poropiti verb (to speak as a prophet)

Old English

1 entries
  • wītgian verb (to speak as a prophet)

Polish

2 entries
  • przepowiadać verb (to predict)
  • przepowiedzieć verb (to predict)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • predizer verb (to predict)
  • profetizar verb (to predict)
  • profetizar verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • vaticinar verb (to predict)

Romanian

3 entries
  • prezice verb (to predict)
  • profetiza verb (to predict)
  • profeți verb (to predict)

Russian

4 entries
  • предска́зывать verb (to predict)
  • предсказа́ть verb (to predict)
  • прорица́ть verb (to predict)
  • проро́чествовать verb (to speak as a prophet)

Scots

1 entries
  • spae verb (to predict)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • pròreći verb (to predict)
  • pròreći verb (to speak as a prophet)
  • pròreći verb (to preach)

Spanish

2 entries
  • profetizar verb (to predict)
  • profetizar verb (to speak as a prophet)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kutabiri verb (to predict)

Swedish

1 entries
  • profetera verb (to predict)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I can not prophesy what will be the outcome of the efforts which the Filipino women are now making to obtain suffrage; but I know that these efforts must be to them, and are to us, a source of pride and glory, because they show that there is no part of our people which has remained indifferent to the great movements of the century. There are persons who scoff at them and many shrug their shoulders; but this must not discourage our women, because neither scoffing nor shrugging the shoulders are very weighty arguments.

Source: tatoeba (12183473)

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Source: wiktionary

No, but when the Spirit fils The fantastick Pannicles: Full of fier; then I write

Source: wiktionary

[…] at that very moment a loud and high-pitched voice broke the outer silence of the night. It was Chielo, the priestess of Agbala, prophesying. There was nothing new in that. Once in a while Chielo was possessed by the spirit of her god and she began to prophesy.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.